Making efforts for promotion of Hindi as official language of UN: Govt

The government on Thursday said it has been making efforts for the promotion of Hindi as an official language of the United Nations and its propagation worldwide.

In written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said the government signed an MoU with the UN Secretariat in March 2018 for an initial period of two years for increasing the volume and frequency of Hindi content produced by the UN to serve Hindi language audiences around the world.

In July 2018, UN launched Hindi versions of its social media content on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, he said.

The Hindi website of UN News was initiated on the occasion of World Hindi Day in January 2019 and the UN News audio bulletins in Hindi (UN Radio) are being released on a weekly basis, Muraleedharan said.

In addition, Indian leaders have delivered statements at the UN in Hindi, including the Prime Minister's statement at the 69th UN General Assembly in September 2014 and at the UN ...