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Multilingualism at the United Nations: Selected resources

Welcome!

This research guide compiles resources about multilingualism at the United Nations and links to UN websites and databases with multilingual information on the work of the Organization.

About Multilingualism

Learn more about UN official languages history and UN Language days: Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish.

Photo credits: UN photo.

Featured UN documents and publications on multilingualism

UN videos on multilingualism

Commemorations

Resources available at the UN Library Geneva

Arabic Chinese English French Russian Spanish

  Available through our library's Global Search

Arabic Chinese English French Russian Spanish

  Available through our library's Global Search

Resources on multilingualism available through our library's Global Search

Dictionaries & News in multiple languages available through the Library

UN information in different languages

Highlights

Languages matter : global guidance to multilingual education
Published by UNESCO on the occasion of the silver jubilee of the International Mother Language Day, 21 February. See our Library resources on multilingual education.

United Nations Resolution on the International Day of Sign Languages from World Federation of the Deaf on Vimeo. Text of resolution A/RES/72/161 available in the six UN official languages.

UN terminology