title: Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
text: # Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
  
  The Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General is a department of the United Nations that provides information to the news media regarding the activities of the U.N. as a whole.
  
  ## Role
  
  The department is in charge of managing media relations on behalf of:
  
  * The Secretary-General of the United Nations
  * The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
  * Other senior U.N. officials
  
  ## Officers
  
  * Stéphane Dujarric – Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
  * Farhan Haq – 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 Twitter 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 Reuters, 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".
  
  