United Nations must step up efforts to communicate in local languages

2 05 2008

IMPORTANCE OF MULTILINGUALISM, RATIONALIZING UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION CENTRES, CLOSING DIGITAL DIVIDE AMONG ISSUES AS INFORMATION COMMITTEE DEBATE CONTINUES

Stressing the importance of multilingualism in international affairs, representatives of several Member States addressing the Committee on Information today said the United Nations must step up efforts to get its public message out in all its official languages and as many local languages as possible.

Stressing the importance of multilingualism in international affairs, representatives of several Member States addressing the Committee on Information today said the United Nations must step up efforts to get its public message out in all its official languages and as many local languages as possible. The Department of Public Information should use cutting-edge information and communications technology, as well as traditional means of mass communication, to ensure language parity of its information products, including by creating websites in languages other than English, the Russian Federation’s representative said as the Committee continued its general debate.

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