Movses Abelian is Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management, and United Nations Coordinator for Multilingualism.
Linguistic Diversity: An Imperative for the United Nations
This year's observance of International Mother Language Day also occurs a few weeks after the launch of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022–2032) and provides a further opportunity to highlight the extent to which languages and cultures are intertwined and interdependent. Cultures find expression through languages, and they feed languages, nourishing and enriching them.