Celebrating the English language at the UN
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. As well as being the most famous playwright, who wrote in English, Shakespeare also had a huge impact on modern-day English.
Today, every one in four people in the world uses English. English is being used more and more as a way for two speakers with different first languages to communicate with each other.
At the United Nations, English is one of the two working languages, along with French.
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 purpose of the UN's language days is to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity, as well as to promote equal use of all six official languages throughout the Organization.
Under the initiative, UN duty stations around the world celebrate six separate days, each dedicated to one of the Organization's six official languages.
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
William Shakespeare, "Romeo and Juliet"
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