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[Wittman, Leonie]

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Subject: [Wa-indon] UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROCLAIMS 2008 INTERNATIONAL
YEAR OFLANGUAGE

>
> 16 May 2007
> UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROCLAIMS 2008 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF LANGUAGES, IN
> EFFORT
> TO PROMOTE UNITY IN DIVERSITY, GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING
>
> The General Assembly this afternoon, recognizing that genuine
> multilingualism promotes unity in diversity and international
> understanding, proclaimed 2008 the International Year of Languages.
>
> Acting without a vote, the Assembly, also recognizing that the United
> Nations pursues multilingualism as a means of promoting, protecting
> and preserving diversity of languages and cultures globally,
> emphasized the paramount importance of the equality of the
> Organization's six official languages (Arabic, Chinese, English,
> French, Russian and Spanish).
>
> In that regard, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to ensure
> that all language services were given equal treatment and were
> provided with equally favourable working conditions and resources.
> The Secretary-General was also requested to complete the task of
> publishing all important older United Nations documents on the
> Organization's website in all six official languages, on a priority
> basis.
>
> Further, the Assembly emphasized the importance of making appropriate
> use of all the official languages in all the activities of the
> Department of Public Information, with the aim of eliminating the
> disparity between the use of English and the use of the five other
> official languages.
>
> Introducing the resolution (contained in document A/61/L.56), France's
> representative said the text would ensure a "global" approach to
> multilingualism and would promote a reasonable vision of
> multilingualism at the United Nations.  It would help ensure adherence
> to the principles of multilingualism in the Organization's daily
> activities and, for the first time, would underline the importance of
> providing technical assistance and training in the local languages of
> beneficiary countries.
>
> Speakers, among them the representatives of Tunisia, Andorra, Russian
> Federation, Romania and Senegal, stressed that multilingualism in the
> United Nations served to enrich the work of the Organization.
> Linguistic diversity was the foundation of cultural diversity.
> Without appropriate attention to the issue of preserving linguistic
> diversity, the harmonious integration of a growing number of countries
> in the practical work of the Organization would hardly be possible.
>
> They welcomed the work of the Department of Public Information
> regarding multilingualism in electronic resources, as well as that of
> the United Nations information centres (UNICs) in disseminating
> information through local languages.  Some speakers hoped the next
> resolution on multilingualism would include an explicit reference to
> the need for linguistic diversity in peacekeeping operations.
>
> The Assembly was informed that any resource implications resulting
> from the resolution would be addressed in the Secretary-General's
> report to the sixty-third session of the Assembly on implementation of
> the resolution.
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