International Year of Languages 2008
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Category:
Common Interest - Languages
Description:
2008 was declared "International Year of Languages" by the U.N. General Assembly. It is described by Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, as "a unique opportunity to make decisive progress towards" ensuring "that the importance of linguistic diversity and multilingualism in educational, administrative and legal systems, cultural expressions and the media, cyberspace and trade, is recognized at the national, regional and international levels."

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  • Kristen
  • Don (creator)

Officers

Don
Kanaŋkel
Eleonora
Wardirra
Omar
(rep. from abovementioned network)
Andrew
(rep. from abovementioned network)
Fannie
Mandohai
Rob
(rep. from abovementioned network)
Damien
Norman
Kristen
(rep. from abovementioned network)
Kenneth
(rep. from abovementioned network)
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International Year of Languages 2008

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Name:
International Year of Languages 2008
Category:
Common Interest - Languages
Description:
2008 was declared "International Year of Languages" by the U.N. General Assembly. It is described by Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, as "a unique opportunity to make decisive progress towards" ensuring "that the importance of linguistic diversity and multilingualism in educational, administrative and legal systems, cultural expressions and the media, cyberspace and trade, is recognized at the national, regional and international levels."

This group is a gathering place for... (read more)
Privacy Type:
Open: All content is public.

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News:
The logo at the right is from the UNESCO gateway page for IYL at http://tinyurl.com/yofvdf , where there are also other materials available.

We had 100 members by Jan. 1 and 1000 on Jan. 23, and peaked at almost 3000.

IYL was launched on International Mother Language Day, 21 Feb. 2008, and closed one year later. (There were Facebook "events" for both of these - see links at lower right )

There were several notable events and conferences during the IYL, links for many of which were posted on the group page (see below). A lot of information and links have also been collected at http://donosborn.org/iyl/ .

What's next? Continue work on initiatives begun during (or before) IYL ... and join the cause "For an International Decade of Languages" http://apps.facebook.com/causes/183862/3614771?m=611088da