UNESCO and Multilingualism: A Dialogue Forum

The NGO Committee on Language and Languages, a substantive committee of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the UN (CoNGO), presents a dialogue forum on multilingualism and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

For over 70 years, UNESCO has been a leading voice on multilingualism. Today, it engages in numerous initiatives to advance linguistic diversity. In this forum, UNESCO staff members working on multilingual education, the World Atlas of Languages (WAL), and the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (IDIL) discuss ongoing initiatives and forthcoming developments. The session follows a show-and-tell and conversation format to facilitate dialogue. Representatives of NGOs, Secretariat and UN agency staff, and colleagues from Member States are welcome to attend.

The forum features welcoming remarks by Eliot Minchenberg, Director of Office and UNESCO Representative to the United Nations in New York as well as briefings by Noro Andriamiseza Ingarao, Programme Specialist in Education, UNESCO; Irmgarda Kasinskaite-Buddeberg, Advisor, Communication and Information, UNESCO; and Bhanu Neupane, Advisor, Open Access to Scientific Information and ICT & Sciences, UNESCO. A business meeting of the Committee will take place during the final 40 minutes.