Lesson Seven: Interpreters and Media Relations
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Due to the multinational nature of peace operations, many CIMIC officers are not able to communicate with the local people of the host country in their own language. The United Nations typically employs local people of the host country as language assistants to help CIMIC officers with translation and interpretation. This lesson provides some guidance on how to work with interpreters and how to make use of an interpreter in a negotiation. This lesson also addresses media relations and how the CIMIC officer should work closely with military and civilian public information units to ensure that their activities are communicated to the host population and to local and international media.