ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAY 2020

April 23, 2020

English Language Day 2020 at the UN is being celebrated on 23 April, 2020.

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  • English is one of the two working languages of the UN, along with French. It has also become the lingua franca of international relations.

  • English Language Day at the UN is celebrated on 23 April, the date traditionally observed as both the birthday and date of death of William Shakespeare.

  • The Day is the result of a 2010 initiative by the Department of Global Communications, establishing language days for each of the Organization's six official languages. The days are as follows:
    • Arabic (18 December)

    • Chinese (20 April)

    • English (23 April)

    • French (20 March)

    • Russian (6 June)

    • Spanish (23 April) 



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