The Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General is a department of the

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that provides information to the

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regarding the activities of the U.N. as a whole.

Role

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

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* The

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* Other senior U.N. officials

Officers

* Stéphane Dujarric – Spokesperson for the Secretary-General *

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– Deputy Spokesperson * Florencia Soto Nino – Associate Spokesperson * Shirin Yaseen – Associate Spokesperson * Stephanie Tremblay – Associate Spokesperson * Daniela Gross – Associate Spokesperson

Controversy

In 2012, the official United Nations

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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". According to

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, 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".

External links

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References

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