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The Arabic Language at the United Nations Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 3190 (XXVIII) ( French) of 18 December 1973, in that year Arabic became the sixth official and working language of the General Assembly of the United Nations and its main commissions, the others being Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. When the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA) was established in 1973, Arabic, English and French were adopted as its official and working languages. It was decided that Arabic should be the original language in which all resolutions are formulated and into which all technical and other documents issued in languages other than Arabic should be translated (Terms of Reference and Rules of Procedure of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, rule 25 and 28). Given that UN-ESCWA is located in the Arab region and plays an important supporting role in conveying information to Arabic-speakers and standardizing terminology, it is hoped that this site will be a forum in which official and academic institutions and individuals who specialize in the Arabic language and various technical areas may put forward proposals to promote the optimal use of that language within the United Nations.

Language Related Websites

Please note that UN-ESCWA is neither responsible for the content nor for the policy of these sites.   Select Glossary / Terminology Database ----------------- Glossary/ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Glossary/ International Monetary Fund (IMF) Glossary/ International Statistical Institute Glossary/ Microfinance Network of Arab Countries Glossary/ OECD Glossary/ UNESCO Multilingual Terminology Database/ UNTERM Terminolgoy Database/ ITU Terminology Database/ FAO Terminology Database/ UNOV - VINTARS Terminology Database/ WTO (English-Arabic) Terminology Databases/ JIAMCATT (Language Tools)   Select Other Language Related Sites ----------------- Acronym Finder Almaany Dictionary Al-Muqtafi (Dictionary of Palestinian Legal & Judicial System) Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics Arab Legal Portal (UNDP-POGAR) Arab Thought Foundation Arabic Translation Network Arabization Coordination Bureau ArabPsynet (Psychological Dictionary) Chaiban Business Dictionary Ectaco Dictionary (English-Arabic Dictionary) Footnotes and other references in United Nations documents and publications LOST IN BABEL (Translation and Terminology Resources) MENA (Arabic Website) Oxford English Dictionary (user ID:unitnat, PW:unitnat) QaMoose (English-Arabic Dictionary) United Nations Editorial Manual Webster's Online Dictionary (English-Arabic)

Upcoming Meetings and Events

20/5- 24/5/2012 Project Design and Formulation Workshop: Upgrading Sudan's Livestock Exports - Khartoum 21/5-24/5/2012 Study Mission on Civic Education Policy Berlin 27/5- 28/5/2012 Conference on: "Pollution from Electricity Sector" - Qatar 29/5- 31/5/2012 Training on: "Pollution from Electricity Sector" - Qatar 12/6- 14/6/2012 Regional Seminar on International Trade Statistics - Amman 20/6-22/6/2012 Arab Regional Preparations for Rio+20 Brazil 25/6- 26/6/2012 EGM to discuss the zero draft of the publication "Addressing Barriers Hindering Women Economic Participation in the ESCWA Region" - Beirut 2/7- 4/7/2012 Regional Workshop on Application and Analysis of Regional Climate Models - Beirut 5/7- 6/7/2012 Fourth expert group meeting on the Regional Initiative for the Assessment of the Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources and Socio-Economic Vulnerability in the Arab Region - Beirut 8/9- 10/9/2012 12th Annual Conference on "Good Governance and The Establishment of the Institution-Based State" - Cairo   28/11- 29/11/2012 International Conference on Renewable Energies for Developing Countries - Beirut

UN DAYS

International Day for Biological Diversity 22 May 2012 World No-Tobacco Day 31 May 2012 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression 4 June 2012