evidence: I’ve been getting quite a lot of questions following a news report and I just wanted to correct the mistaken impression that UN staff were told to avoid using certain words to describe the situation in Ukraine. It is simply not the case that there was some sort of global instructions to all UN staff not to use words like "war" or "invasion" to describe the situation. As proof, you will all have seen the tweet that Rosemary DiCarlo issued yesterday which said the following: "Nearly two weeks on, it is painfully clear that those suffering the most after Russia's invasion of #Ukraine are civilians — killed, wounded, displaced. This war is senseless. We are ready to support all good-faith efforts at negotiation to end the bloodshed." [...] Question: Thank you. First, two follow‑up clarifications. On this issue of the report about UN staff using different words, does the email that was sent out mean that… or give UN staff the right now to use either the words "invasion", "war" or both?