Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights

This is some info I'd like to share with you here. This declaration was signed in Barcelona in June 1996. It is a very well-structured document, starting with a reference to another famous Declaration

Having regard to the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights which, in its preamble, expresses its «faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women»; and which, in its second article, establishes that «everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms» regardless of «race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status»;

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UN proclaims 2008 as Year of Languages

That's quite an exciting news... This was Austria's idea to promote 2008 as such, at UNESCO's 33rd General Conference in Paris. The UN General Assembly will aim to promote unity through linguistic diversity. The Assembly called upon States and the Secretariat to work towards the conservation and defence of the world's languages and requested the Secretariat to appoint a coordinator for multilingualism.

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