A report on the world's most dangerous regions as profiled by a high-ranking United Nations diplomat discusses what is happening in places that have been devastated by civil wars, natural disasters, and other critical challenges.

Always speak the truth -- The bombs in Baghdad -- No end to violence in Colombia -- Scorched earth in Darfur -- Tsunami! -- More dead children than soldiers in the Middle East -- The birth, life, and death of the Oslo Accord -- "Tents are for Arabs" -- Uganda's twenty thousand kidnapped children -- The generation that can end the suffering.