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Option 2 : 6
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Key Points
- There are six official languages of the UN.
- These are-
- Arabic,
- Chinese,
- English,
- French,
- Russian
- Spanish.
- A delegate may speak in any official UN language.
- The speech is interpreted simultaneously into the other official languages of the UN.
- Department of Global Communications has set minimum standards for UN web multilingualism.
Additional Information
- Due to its reputation as the language of diplomacy, French was one of the original five languages.
- Spanish was the official language of 20 countries, while Chinese was the language that the majority of people spoke.
- Even though Russian was not widely spoken outside of the Soviet Union, it was included because the Soviet Union was a significant political participant.
- The General Assembly decided to make Arabic an official language in 1973.
- With approximately 400 million speakers, Arabic is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world.
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