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{{InfoboxShort description|Department of the Secretariat of the United Nations}}
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| leader_name = ''Under-Secretary-General of Global Communications'' <br /> {{flagdeco|USA}} Melissa Fleming <br> <small>since 2019</small>▼
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▲| leader_name = ''Under-Secretary-General of Global Communications'' <br /> {{flagdeco|USA}} Melissa Fleming <br /> <small>since 2019</small>
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The '''United Nations Department of Global Communications''' ('''DGC''') (previouslyprior namedto 1 January 2019, the '''United Nations Department of Public Information''')<ref>{{cite web |title=Department of Global Communications |url=https://unterm.un.org/unterm2/en/view/ab1e4828-efef-40e8-8937-c0a29500a334 |website=UNTERM |access-date=4 November 2023}}</ref> is a department of the [[United Nations Secretariat|Secretariat]] of the [[United Nations]]. It is tasked with raising public awareness and support of the work of the United Nations through strategic communications campaigns, media and relationships with civil society groups.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.un.org/en/sections/departments/department-global-communications/about-us/index.html|title=About Us|date=2018-11-26|website=www.un.org|language=en|access-date=2019-01-17}}</ref>
 
== Mission ==
The mission of the Department is "communicating the ideals and work of the United Nations to the world; to interacting and partnering with diverse audiences; and to building support for peace, development and human rights for all."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.un.org/en/sections/departments/department-global-communications/about-us/index.html |titlearchive-url=About DGChttps://web.archive.org/web/20181212052326/http://www.un.org/en/sections/departments/department-global-communications/about-us/index.html |authorsarchive-date=United Nations Department of Global Communications2018-12-12 |datetitle=n.d.About Us |website=United Nations Department of Global Communications |publisher=United Nations |access-date=12 December 2018}}</ref>
 
In 2018, [[Jan Kickert]], Permanent Representative of Austria to the UN, was Chairman of the United Nations Committee on Information, a subsidiary body of the United Nations General Assembly established to deal with questions relating to
public information.<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.un.org/en/ga/coi/pdf/COI_Chair_opening_2018.pdf "Committee on Information; Statement by the Chair, delivered by H.E. Jan Kickert, Permanent Representative of Austria; New York, 1 May 2018"]</ref> The Committee oversees the work of the United Nations Department of Global Communications.<ref name=autogenerated1 />
 
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=== The Strategic Communications Division (SCD) ===
The Strategic Communications Division formulates and launches global information campaigns on United Nations issues to help support the goals of the Organisation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.un.org/en/sections/departments/department-public-information/strategic-communications-division/index.html |titlearchive-url=Strategichttps://web.archive.org/web/20181216053736/http://www.un.org/en/sections/departments/department-public-information/strategic-communications-division/index.html Communications Division|archive-date=2018-12-16 |authorstitle=United Nations Department of GlobalStrategic Communications |date=n.d.Division |website=United Nations Department of Global Communications |publisher=United Nations |access-date=12 December 2018}}</ref>
 
The Division also manages its network of 63 [[United Nations Information Centre]]s around the world. These centres are responsible for promoting greater public understanding of, and support, for the aims and activities of the United Nations by disseminating information to the public. It achieves this by:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://unic.un.org/aroundworld/unics/en/whoWeAre/index.asp |title=Who we are |authors=Information Centres Service |date=n.d. |website=United Nations Information Centre |publisher=United Nations |access-date=12 December 2018}}</ref>
* Translating information materials into local languages
* Engaging opinion-makers
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=== The News and Media Division (NMD) ===
The News and Media Division works with partners in global media to disseminate information on the United Nations and its work.<ref name="News and Media">{{cite web |url=http://www.un.org/en/sections/departments/department-public-information/news-media-division/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215223455/http://www.un.org/en/sections/departments/department-public-information/news-media-division/index.html |archive-date=2018-12-15 |title=News & Media Division |authors=United Nations Department of Global Communications |date=n.d. |website=United Nations Department of Global Communications |publisher=United Nations |access-date=12 December 2018}}</ref> This includes dissemination in various formats, including: television, radio and Internet.
 
The Departments services include:<ref name="News and Media" />
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* Making accessible these visual and audio records
* Producing and distributing original content for broadcast
 
The News and Media Division includes the UN News Centre.<ref name="News and Media"/> In 2002, when the News Centre was under the Department of Public Information, it launched an email-based United Nations News Service.<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://unis.unvienna.org/unis/en/pressrels/2002/pi1407.html | title=DPI LAUNCHES UNITED NATIONS NEWS SERVICE BY E-MAIL; UN NEWS CENTRE WEB SITE IS UPGRADED | publisher=United Nations Information Service | date=4 April 2002}}</ref>
 
=== The Outreach Division (OD) ===
The Outreach Division works to foster global dialogue between academia, civil society, the entertainment industry, educators and students to encourage support for the goals of the United Nations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.un.org/en/sections/departments/department-public-information/outreach-division/index.html |titlearchive-url=Outreach Divisionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20181215223102/http://www.un.org/en/sections/departments/department-public-information/outreach-division/index.html |authorsarchive-date=United Nations Department of Global Communications2018-12-15 |datetitle=n.d.Outreach Division |website=United Nations Department of Global Communications |publisher=United Nations |access-date=12 December 2018}}</ref>
 
This Division serves the broadest audience through:
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* Library services through the [[Dag Hammarskjöld Library]]
* Partnerships with educational institutions and [[non-governmental organization]]s (NGOs).
 
== Other services ==
The United Nations Development Business (UNDB) was launched in 1978 as a news source for information about [[procurement]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://devbusiness.un.org/our-history |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=UNDB |language=en}}</ref>
 
==See also==
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[[Category:Organizations established in 1946]]
[[Category:Mass media companies established in 1946]]
[[Category:United Nations Secretariat]]
[[Category:Organizations established by the United Nations]]
[[Category:United Nations Development Group]]
[[Category:United Nations mass media]]
 
 
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