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David Andrew Smith

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David Andrew Smith (born March 5, 1952) is a former Deputy Director of the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Washington DC.^[1] In 2010 he was named as Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[2] A successor was named in 2016.^[3] Previously, he worked as an award-winning TV correspondent with ITN and Channel 4 News. In January 2008, The Daily Telegraph identified him as one of the most influential Britons in America. Mr. Smith, a national of the United Kingdom, holds a Master of Arts degree in humanities from Lincoln College, Oxford University. He is married and has three sons and one daughter.^[2]

Biography

Smith was born in 1952, the son of John and Patricia Smith. He was educated at Oxford University, where he received BA Hons and MA. He was a Reuters correspondent in Spain and Italy between 1975 and 1978 and then, working for ITN and Channel 4 News, reported from Africa and was Middle East Correspondent, Moscow Correspondent, Diplomatic Correspondent and United States Correspondent. While working as a TV correspondent, he wrote two books, a biography of Robert Mugabe and a study of Israel's relationship with the Palestinians. He also taught journalism as a Visiting Professor at the Universities of Michigan and Maryland, focusing on the role of the foreign correspondent in influencing foreign policy.^[2] In 2004, he joined the United Nations Information Centre in Washington, D.C., and represented UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon in the Americas from 2004-2014.^[4]

Awards

International Reporting Award, Royal Television Society, London 1983
Gold Medal, New York Television Festival, 2000

Publications

Mugabe, a biography, (Sphere Books, London, 1981) {{ISBN|0-7221-7868-9}}
Prisoners of God, the Modern-day conflict of Arab and Israeli (Quartet Books, London 1987) {{ISBN|0-7043-2607-8}}

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://unic.un.org/aroundworld/unics/en/whatWeDo/productsAndServices/websites/index.asp?callPage=home|title=United Nations Information Centres portal|website=unic.un.org}}
2. ^¹²{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2010/sga1250.doc.htm|title=Secretary-General Appoints David Smith of United Kingdom Director of United Nations Information Centre in Buenos Aires - Meetings Coverage and Press Releases|website=www.un.org}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sga1635.doc.htm|title=Secretary-General Appoints Tamar Hahn of Israel Director of United Nations Information Centre in Buenos Aires - Meetings Coverage and Press Releases|website=www.un.org}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/david-smith-un|title=David Smith|website=the Guardian}}

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1435100/The-most-influential-Britons-in-America-40-31.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article841551.ece?token=null&offset=24
https://web.archive.org/web/20081120150426/http://www.unicwash.org/about/dsmith.html
http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=23310§ioncode=1
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/aug/20/channel4.tvnews

3 : 1952 births|Living people|British officials of the United Nations

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