Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

The Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General is a department of the United Nations that provides information to the news media regarding the activities of the U.N. as a whole. ^[1]

Role

The department is in charge of managing media relations on behalf of:

• The Secretary-General of the United Nations ^[1]
• The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations ^[1]
• Other senior U.N. officials ^[1]

Officers

• Stéphane Dujarric – Spokesperson for the Secretary-General ^[1]
• Farhan Haq – Deputy Spokesperson ^[1]
• Florencia Soto Nino – Associate Spokesperson ^[1]
• Shirin Yaseen – Associate Spokesperson ^[1]
• Stephanie Tremblay – Associate Spokesperson ^[1]
• Daniela Gross – Associate Spokesperson ^[1]

Controversy

In 2012, the official United Nations Twitter account posted an erroneous tweet, implying that the U.N. Secretary-General supports a one-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. The tweet was later found to have been written by spokesperson Nancy Groves, who attributed it to a "terrible typo". ^[2]

According to Reuters, the U.N. spokesperson post is considered to be a "dream job", but it requires taking into account the concerns of the 192 nations and "competing for the Secretary-General's attention". ^[3]

External links

• Homepage

References

1. "ABOUT OUR OFFICE". United Nations. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
2. "U.N. Twitter accidentally calls for single-state solution in Mideast". New York Daily News. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
3. "Dream job or snake pit? UN appoints new spokesman". Reuters. Archived from the original on 22 November 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2013.