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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Symposium on Language and the United Nations</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">"</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Language, the Sustainable Development Goals, and Vulnerable Populations</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">"</span></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span>May 11-12, 2017</span></span></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">An oft-repeated aim of the Sustainable Development Goals is that they should “leave no one behind” and should concentrate on the most
vulnerable populations. They should also encourage two-way communication, not just top-down solutions. But has anyone thought about the role of language in this process? Not enough people, according to the Study Group on Language and the United Nations, whose
annual symposium for 2017 will address “Language, the SDGs, and Vulnerable Populations.”
</span><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">The two-day symposium will take place on Thursday and Friday, May 11 and 12, at the UN Church Center, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York beginning at 9:00 a.m. on each day.</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">The symposium will feature some twenty papers delivered by development professionals, academics, and experts associated with the UN
and UNESCO, on a range of issues, including the education of refugee children, migrant education, and problems of language in development. In addition to the USA, presenters will be drawn from a number of countries: Austria, France, Hungary, India, Italy,
Lebanon, Pakistan, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the UK. </span><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Keynote speakers will be Christine Hélot (University of Strasbourg) and François Grin (University of Geneva).
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">The Study Group on Language and the UN is working with the Center for Applied Linguistics (Washington DC) and the Centre for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems
(CED) in organizing the event. The symposium is underwritten by the Center for Applied Linguistics and the Esperantic Studies Foundation.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">The symposium, which is open to UN personnel, NGO representatives, scholars, researchers and others, aims to raise the consciousness
of those involved in development work about the need to understand and listen to the voices of those who are often unheard, and to promote research on these problems.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"><span>Note: Registration fees are waived for
<span>UN staff members, members of UN missions, and official NGO representatives (online pre-registration is requested)</span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Cambria",serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"><span><span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Register online at <a class="OWAAutoLink" href="http://www.languageandtheun.org/registration.html">http://www.languageandtheun.org/registration.html</a></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></p>
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