The new office will be headquartered in the UAE with subsequent branches or offices inside and outside the country to be opened in time.
The UAE President HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued a decree to establish the Media Office of the UAE Government, according to the recent Federal Official Gazette.
The new office will be headquartered in the UAE with subsequent branches or offices inside and outside the country to be opened in time.
The office will be within the Ministry of Cabinet Affairs, and its structure shall be approved by a decision of the minister. The ministry’s legislation, regulations, policies and regulations shall apply to the new media office as well.
The functions of the new UAE Media Office will be to propose and prepare public media policies, legislations and strategies for the state.
It will also propose and review federal legislation related to the media sector in the state, as well as necessary amendments in cooperation with the authorities concerned with organising this sector; and unify and organise the media discourse and media messages of the UAE government, locally and internationally.
