An official language is a language recognised by a government, for its own use in administration, or for delivering services to its citizens (for example, on signposts). An official spokesperson is an individual empowered to speak for the government, or some part of it such as a ministry, on a range of issues and on the record for the media. An official statement is an issued by an organisation as an expression of its corporate position or opinion;[citation needed] an official apology is an apology similarly issued by an organisation (as opposed to an apology by an individual).[citation needed] Official policy is policy publicly acknowledged and defended by an organisation.[citation needed] In these cases unofficial is an antonym, and variously may mean informal, unrecognised, personal or unacknowledged.