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 Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon^[1]
• Eduardo del Buey - Deputy Spokesperson^[1]
• Farhan Haq - Associate Spokesperson^[1]
• Morana Song - Associate Spokesperson^[1]
• Eri Kaneko - Associate Spokesperson^[1]
• Jerome Bernard - Associate Spokesperson^[1]
• Vannina Maestracci - 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "ABOUT OUR OFFICE". United Nations. Retrieved 31 August 2013. 
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. Retrieved 31 August 2013.