[lg policy] International Decade of Languages

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded From: Donald Z. Osborn <dzosborn at gmail.com>



The topic of an International Year of Languages was brought up at the
recently concluded UNESCO General Conference. For more information and
links, see my brief note at:
FYI,

International Decade of Languages proposed
Posted on October 25th, 2009 by Don

There has been some formal discussion of the idea of an International
Decade of Languages at UNESCO’s General Conference this month in
Paris. On 8 October, the representative of Austria, Dr. Claudia
Schmied, “welcomed” a proposal apparently made by Hungary for the
Decade (I have no information at this time on Hungary’s proposal).

Then in a meeting of the Cultural Commission (as part of the
Conference), Venezuela, Chile, and Ethiopia joined Hungary in calling
for the United Nations General Assembly to declare an “International
Decade of Languages and Multilingualism.” According to Dave Pearson of
SIL International, this took place in a discussion of a possible
standard-setting instrument for protection of indigenous and
endangered languages.

Hopefully there will be follow-up to this proposal. In the meantime,
if anyone has references to Hungary’s proposal or information on any
other proposals, statements, or discussion re the Decade, please let
us know!

(The above blog posting with links can be accessed at
http://donosborn.org/blog/?p=90 )



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