Head of the Department of Information of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry D.Mironchik participates in the 39th session of the UN Committee on Information

28-04-2017

On April 25-28, 2017 at the UN Headquarters in New York, the Head of the Department of Information of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, Dmitry Mironchik, participated in the thirty-ninth session of the UN Committee on Information.

Background Information: The Committee on Information is the UN body that deals with public information issues and oversees the work of the UN Department of Public Information, and formulates policies, defines programs and activities for its leadership.

In his statement*, D.Mironchik highly appreciated the cooperation of Belarus with the UN in the information field, as well as the practice of publishing by the UN of a number of its’ materials in the Belarusian language. This aspect, in the context of Belarus' efforts to preserve and develop multilingualism in the UN system, will expand the audience, strengthen the UN image and make the organization closer and more understandable for citizens of Belarus.

Belarusian diplomat also made a number of proposals to improve the work of the Department of Public Information in terms of greater linkage to the region and language, as well as ensuring adequate representation of UN information in social networks in all official languages of the Organization.

On the margins of the session of the Committee, D.Mironchik held a meeting with the UN Under-Secretary General for Public Information, Maher Nasser. The sides discussed the cooperation between Belarus and the UN in the field of information and agreed to hold new joint information campaigns and exchange of experience in the field of digital diplomacy.

D.Mironchik also held meetings in the information services of the United Nations and UNDP, during which the participants exchanged experience of working in the social media, and also discussed coverage of events relevant for Belarus at the UN sites.

During the meeting with the Head of the New York Foreign Press Center of the U.S. State Department, the sides discussed a number of practical issues of interaction with the media, including during the period of election campaigns and taking into account the relevant OSCE recommendations.

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*The Head of the Department of Information — Press Secretary of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry, D.Mironchik, speaks at the session of the UN Committee on Information (video)

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