A new series of BBC Insiders Debates discusses three topics in depth with those who know most about them. Part 1 - The Goodwill Ambassadors At UNESCO headquarters in Paris, Owen Bennett-Jones meets five UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors - a pop-star, a princess, a space scientist, a global icon and a former prime minister - for a lively and frank discussion about what they do and whether there is any point to their roles. The participants are musician Jean-Michel Jarre, Princess Firyal of Jordan, scientist Cheick Modibo Diarra, Phan Thi Kim Phuc, who was photographed as a seven-year-old burned by napalm in Vietnam, and the former president of Iceland, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir. Listen (49 mins) Part 2 - The Peace Negotiators What is it like to try to sue for peace between two bitterly-opposed factions? To be in the same room as...
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