Media Contacts

Working with the Media

UNHCR maintains a network of media officers around the globe who are available around the clock to answer queries on every aspect of UNHCR's operations and policies. Information officers in Geneva, including the chief spokesperson, are ready to provide an overview of UNHCR activities or details reported from the field: other media officers can be contacted directly in the field to provide on-the-spot details or to assist journalists in carrying out their own reporting. Our Geneva-based video and photo units provide footage and photographs free of charge to the media.

Media Officers

Melissa FLEMING (photo)

Head, Communications and Public Information Service
Spokesperson for the High Commissioner

Tel: (+41) 22 739-7965
Email: fleming@unhcr.org
Twitter: @melissarfleming

Adrian EDWARDS (photo)

Head, News and Media, UNHCR Spokesman

Tel: (+41) 22 739-8741
Mobile: (+41) 79 557-9120
Email: edwards@unhcr.org
Twitter: @adrianedwrds

William SPINDLER (photo)

Senior Communications Officer

Europe

Tel: (+41) 22 739-8956
Mobile: (+41) 79 217-3011
Email: spindler@unhcr.org
Twitter: @SpindlerWilliam

Ariane RUMMERY (photo)

Senior Communications Officer

Iraq and Syria situations (including Egypt and Syrian refugees in Turkey), Israel

Tel: (+41) 22 739-8339
Mobile: (+41) 79 200-7617
Email: rummery@unhcr.org
Twitter: @arianerummery

Karin DE GRUIJL (photo)

Senior Communications Officer

East Africa, the Horn of Africa, South Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi, Southern Africa and the Americas

Tel: (+41) 22 739-8438
Mobile: (+41) 79 255-9213
Email: degruijl@unhcr.org
Twitter: @karindegruijl

Leo DOBBS (photo)

Senior Communications Officer

North Africa, West Africa and Central Africa including Chad and the Democratic Republic of Congo

Tel: (+41) 22 739-8394
Mobile: (+41) 79 883-6347
Email: dobbs@unhcr.org
Twitter: @LDUNHCR

Andreas NEEDHAM (photo)

Communications Officer

Asia, Yemen and the Gulf

Tel: +41 (0) 22 739 8298
Mobile: +41 (0) 79 217 3140
Email: needham@unhcr.org
Twitter: @AndreasNeedham