The US Government has guaranteed the United Nations that it is not intercepting its secret communications, a spokesman said on Wednesday while not being drawn on reports of past spying.
The UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said the United Nations had contacted the United States about reports that the US National Security Agency had cracked the UN's communications encryption system. "I understand that the US authorities have given assurances that United Nations communications are not and will not be monitored," Nesirky told reporters.