UN English Language Day

{{Short description|Celebrated every April 23}}

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UN English Day is observed annually on 23 April.[https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33819 UN launches new initiative to promote multilingualism]. United Nations News Centre, 19 February 2010. Consulted on 2011-04-23.

The event was established by UN's Department of Public Information in 2010 "to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity as well as to promote equal use of all six official languages throughout the Organization".

[https://www.un.org/press/en/2010/obv853.doc.htm Department of Public Information to Launch ‘Language Days at the United Nations’] United Nations, 19 February 2010

For the English Language Day, April 23 was chosen because it is the date "traditionally observed as both the birthday and date of death of William Shakespeare".

[https://www.un.org/en/events/englishlanguageday/ Chindie Language Day, 1 April]

Other dates were selected for the celebration of the UN's other five official languages.