UNESCO's preliminary study on a standard-setting instrument to protect endangered languages

[Dave Pearson]

Hello Everyone,

 

In August 2009 UNESCO published a preliminary study on the possibility of an
international standard-setting instrument for the protection of indigenous
and endangered languages. You can read it here:
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001836/183669e.pdf. Over the next two
years UNESCO  will be observing the effectiveness of current international
instruments and will be deciding whether or not to set up something
non-binding (such as a declaration or recommendation) or something legally
binding (such as a convention). The Culture Commission of UNESCO's General
Conference will be debating this issue on Friday 16 October in Paris. I'll
be there taking part in the debate, along with Paul "Ethnologue" Lewis. Will
any other ILATers attend?

 

I'm also looking forward to attending a side event that same day on
"Assessing Literacy in Diverse Languages: The LAMP Challenge" by UNESCO's
Institute for Statistics.

 

Dave Pearson

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