New York-based Lubunga Mwendanababo  is a US citizen, a recent graduate of Georgia State University, and manager of a furniture store in New York.  But, as a small child, he had to flee a bloody conflict in DRC, and spent 14 years in a refugee camp along with over 140,000 others. He talks about his journey, and how the UN helped along the way.

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For 19 years, Daniel Barenboim's West-Eastern Divan Orchestra has brought together young musicians from Israel and the Arab world, with the aim of promoting peace through dialogue.

Following a concert in New York, Maestro Barenboim visited UN Chief António Guterres at UN HQ on Friday.

After the meeting Conor Lennon from UN News sat down with him and starrted by asking what it means to Maestro Barenboim to be a Messenger of Peace.

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