David Andrew Smith

Last updated October 09, 2021

David Andrew Smith (born March 5, 1952) is a former Deputy Director of the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Washington DC.^[1] In 2010 he was named as Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[2] A successor was named in 2016.^[3] Previously, he worked as an award-winning TV correspondent with ITN and Channel 4 News. In January 2008, The Daily Telegraph identified him as one of the most influential Britons in America. Mr. Smith, a national of the United Kingdom, holds a Master of Arts degree in humanities from Lincoln College, Oxford University. He is married and has three sons and one daughter.^[2]

Biography

Smith was born in 1952, the son of John and Patricia Smith. He was educated at Oxford University, where he received BA Hons and MA. He was a Reuters correspondent in Spain and Italy between 1975 and 1978 and then, working for ITN and Channel 4 News, reported from Africa and was Middle East Correspondent, Moscow Correspondent, Diplomatic Correspondent and United States Correspondent. While working as a TV correspondent, he wrote two books, a biography of Robert Mugabe and a study of Israel's relationship with the Palestinians. He also taught journalism as a Visiting Professor at the Universities of Michigan and Maryland, focusing on the role of the foreign correspondent in influencing foreign policy.^[2] In 2004, he joined the United Nations Information Centre in Washington, D.C., and represented UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon in the Americas from 2004–2014.^[4]

Awards

International Reporting Award, Royal Television Society, London 1983
Gold Medal, New York Television Festival, 2000

Publications

Mugabe, a biography, (Sphere Books, London, 1981) ISBN 0-7221-7868-9
Prisoners of God, the Modern-day conflict of Arab and Israeli (Quartet Books, London 1987) ISBN 0-7043-2607-8

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References

↑ "United Nations Information Centres portal". unic.un.org.
1 2 3 "Secretary-General Appoints David Smith of United Kingdom Director of United Nations Information Centre in Buenos Aires - Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". www.un.org.
↑ "Secretary-General Appoints Tamar Hahn of Israel Director of United Nations Information Centre in Buenos Aires - Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". www.un.org.
↑ "David Smith". The Guardian.

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[1] "United Nations Information Centres portal". unic.un.org.

[un.org-2] 1 2 3 "Secretary-General Appoints David Smith of United Kingdom Director of United Nations Information Centre in Buenos Aires - Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". www.un.org.

[3] "Secretary-General Appoints Tamar Hahn of Israel Director of United Nations Information Centre in Buenos Aires - Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". www.un.org.

[4] "David Smith". The Guardian.

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