UN DPI Photo profile
Overview
The Department of Public Information (DPI) was established in 1946 by General Assembly resolution 13 (1). As the public voice of the United Nations, DPI promotes global awareness and greater understanding of the work of the United Nations, using various communication tools including radio, television, print, the Internet, videoconferencing and increasingly other new information technology.
The United Nations website is one of the main sources of information about the activities of the Organization. The United Nations News Centre features the latest news from the UN and the Secretary-General. Field reports, news and feature programmes on peacekeeping and humanitarian affairs are a staple of United Nations Radio programmes. Unifeed enables news providers to cover important global issues by offering timely broadcast-quality video from throughout the UN system. United Nations Publications is the source for titles produced by the United Nations and its key agencies. UN Works is an innovative multimedia platform that puts a human face on the work of the UN by exploring global issues through the personal stories of people and their communities.
Along with its global network of Information Centres (UNICs), DPI works with media, educational institutions and non-governmental organizations in bringing the core messages of the UN to people around the world.
The network of 63 United Nations Information Centres are key to the Organization’s ability to reach the peoples of the world and to share the United Nations story with them in their own languages. These centres, working in coordination with the UN system, reach out to the media and educational institutions, engage in partnerships with governments, local civil society organizations and the private sector, and maintain libraries and electronic information resources.
United Nations Information Centres (UNICs) are the principal sources of information about the United Nations system in the countries where they are located. UNICs are responsible for promoting greater public understanding of and support for the aims and activities of the United Nations by disseminating information on the work of the Organization to people everywhere, especially in developing countries.
By translating information materials into local languages, engaging opinion-makers and placing op-ed articles by senior United Nations officials in the national media, or organizing events to highlight issues or observances, the network of UNICs is one of the main vehicles through which the United Nations tells its story to the world. They give global messages a local accent and help bring the UN closer to the people it serves.
Information Centres are part of the Department of Public Information (DPI). The first two UNICs were established in 1946. At present, there are 63 Information Centres, Services and Offices worldwide. The United Nations Regional Information Centre in Brussels, Belgium, covers 21 countries in Western Europe. In addition, the Information Centres in Cairo, Mexico City, and Pretoria, where there are high concentrations of media outlets, are responsible for working strategically with Centres in neighboring countries to develop and implement communications plans to promote United Nations priority themes in a way that has special resonance in their respective regions.
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Contact
Ms. Armine Halajyan
UN DPI Information Officer
Address: United Nations House, 14 Petros Adamyan Street
Yerevan 0010, Armenia
Tel: (374 10) 56 02 12
Tel./Fax: (37410) 56 14 06, ext. 206
E-mail: uno.yerevan@unic.org
URL: http://www.un.am
Global Link:
United Nations Information Centres - http://unic.un.org/
