Walter PFAEFFLE
Secretary
Austrian Presse Agentur
Tel: (212) 755-5236
Mr. Pfaeffle is the UN correspondent of the Vienna-based Austria Presse Agentur (APA). For nearly 20 years he reported for the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) from the United Nations. He also covered the UN for broadcaster Deutsche Welle in both English and German. Prior to joining KUNA, he was senior financial desk editor at Reuters for four years. He started his career in journalism at United Press International (UPI). During much of this time, he was a free-lance correspondent for a number of German and Swiss newspapers covering business and finance. In 2006 he founded www.germerica.com, a website focusing on German-related issues. The father of two daughters, he lives and works in Manhattan.