Your message is important, and UN interpreters play an essential role in getting your point across in UN meetings. But our interpreters depend on adequate sound quality to serve you in this way.

Unfortunately, many platforms and tools for remote meetings make it extremely difficult to achieve sound that complies with the relevant standards, the ISO standards. Not only is adequate sound essential for getting your message across, it’s also critical to protect interpreters' hearing and health from potentially permanent harm. 

Through a few simple actions, you can contribute to better quality sound and thus maximise the chances of the interpreters being able to hear and interpret you fully, whilst simultaneously minimizing the risk to their health. On this page, the Department of Conference Management (DCM) has curated a list of resources to help you achieve reasonable sound quality for your next remote meeting.