It is interesting to note that United has only 6 languages approved as official communication languages inside UN. A delegate can speak in any of these official languages, and the speech will be simultaneously translated to other official languages and other delegates are free to choose their language. There will be occasions when a delegate wants to make a statement or deliver a speech in a non official language. In such cases, the delegate should provide either an interpretation or a written statement in any of the official languages.
To promote multilingualism and cultural diversity, the Department of Global Communication under UN has established language days, which will facilitate the use of all the six official languages equally across the organization. They are as follows:
• Arabic Language Day (18 December)
• Chinese Language Day (20 April)
• English Language Day (23 April)
• French Language Day (20 March)
• Russian Language Day (6 June)
• Spanish Language Day (23 April)
Read more about the UN languages and interpretation services, in the official website of United Nations
https://www.un.org/en/our-work/official-languages
