UN Department of Global Communications

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United Nations department public information office

The UN Department of Global Communications is the United Nations office responsible for promoting global awareness and understanding of the UN’s work through strategic communications, public information, and media outreach.

Aliases (8)

United Nations Department of Global Communications ×4
United Nations Department of Public Information ×2
Department of Global Communications ×1
UN News ×1
UN Radio ×1
UN Web TV ×1
United Nations Information Centres network ×1
United Nations Information Service Vienna ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations department → public information office →
alsoKnownAs	DGC → UN DGC →
country	United States of America →
focusesOn	global public outreach → information dissemination about the United Nations → public diplomacy for the United Nations →
formerName	United Nations Department of Public Information →
hasMainTask	combat misinformation about the United Nations → communicate the work and priorities of the United Nations → coordinate UN communications campaigns → engage global audiences through strategic communications → facilitate civil society engagement with the United Nations → maintain the primary public UN website → manage UN information centres worldwide → manage media relations for the United Nations → produce multimedia content about the United Nations → promote global awareness of the United Nations → promote understanding of UN goals and activities → provide live and recorded coverage of UN meetings → support communication on the Sustainable Development Goals → support multilingual communication of UN messages → support public information activities of the United Nations →
hasOrganizationalUnit	News and Media Division → Outreach Division → Strategic Communications Division → United Nations Information Centres network →
headquartersLocation	New York City → United Nations Headquarters →
jurisdiction	United Nations →
officialLanguage	Arabic → Chinese → English → French → Russian → Spanish →
parentOrganization	United Nations →
partOf	United Nations Secretariat →
replaced	United Nations Department of Public Information →
sector	international organization communications →
usesMethod	digital and social media → media outreach → multilingual communication → multimedia production → partnerships with civil society → public information campaigns → strategic communications →
website	https://www.un.org/en/un-dgc →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
News and Media Division ("UN News") → News and Media Division ("UN Radio") → News and Media Division ("UN Web TV") → United Nations Secretariat ("Department of Global Communications") →	hasPart
News and Media Division ("United Nations Department of Global Communications") → Outreach Division ("United Nations Department of Global Communications") →	partOf
UN Messenger of Peace →	associatedWith
United Nations international days ("United Nations Department of Global Communications") →	coordinatedBy
UN Department of Global Communications ("United Nations Department of Public Information") →	formerName
DGC ("United Nations Department of Global Communications") →	fullName
UN Department of Global Communications ("United Nations Information Centres network") →	hasOrganizationalUnit
United Nations Office at Vienna ("United Nations Information Service Vienna") →	hosts
UN Department of Global Communications ("United Nations Department of Public Information") →	replaced