PRETORIA, 1 September — Amid news in the mainstream media of suicide attacks, continued violence, hate speech and besieged areas, political satire could be used to challenge commonly held beliefs about conflict, speakers at the International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East said today, stressing its inherent value in promoting peace between Palestinians and Israelis.
PRETORIA, 31 August — The 2016 International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East opened in Pretoria today, with well-known film-makers, journalists, politicians, academics and other experts exploring new ways to narrate the complex and evolving story of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Giancarlo Summa of Italy as Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Mexico City, which serves Mexico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic. Mr. Summa assumes his duties today
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Alessandra Vellucci of Italy as Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, a field office of the Department of Public Information that provides service to the United Nations Office at Geneva and to Switzerland.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks as prepared for delivery to the United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA) Directory Reception, in New York today:
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Asia Media Summit in Incheon, Republic of Korea, today:
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Sunaina Lowe of Jamaica as Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Jakarta, an office that provides service to Indonesia. She assumes her duties on 23 May.
Closing its thirty-eighth session this afternoon, the Committee on Information unanimously approved a report relaying two draft resolutions to the General Assembly, with a focus as in years past on increased multilingualism and support for the communications capabilities of developing countries.
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2016, in Geneva today:
Inclusivity, multilingualism and a balance between new and traditional forms of communications were critical in the work of the Department of Public Information, especially around the Sustainable Development Goals, Under-Secretary-General for Public Information Cristina Gallach said today, as the Committee on Information concluded its general debate.
