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Grassroots Strategies for the Decade of Indigenous Languages
Church of the Covenant, 310 E 42nd St (Between 1st and 2nd Ave.) New York Church310 E 42nd St, New YorkIN PERSON MEETING ONLY
Putting SDG 4 Back on Track After COVID-19: The Essential Role of Multilingualism in Education
worldwide/virtualA High-Level Political Forum Side Event on 11 July 2022 co-hosted by the NGO Committee on Language and Languages, the Universal Esperanto Association, and the Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations Register here by July 10! About: Even before COVID-19, alarms were sounded that progress on SDG 4 was too slow and that the
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NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [monthly meeting]
worldwide/virtualHello Dear Friends, Please find below the Zoom link for the next regular monthly meeting of the NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which will take place on September 15th from 1 pm to 3 pm. We look forward to seeing everyone and thank you for your support and dedication to the committee.
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Language and Minority Rights: A Dialogue Forum with the Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
worldwide/virtualThe United Nations Charter (Article 1) and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 2) affirm the right to non-discrimination based on language while the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (Article 2) asserts that persons belonging to minorities have the right to “use their own
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High-Level Launch Event Of The International Decade Of Indigenous Languages
hybrid | Paris | virtualUNESCO, in co-operation with the United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and the members of Global Task Force for Making a Decade of Action for Indigenous Languages, will organize and host a High-level launch event on 13 December 2022 from 10.00
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