India has made a contribution of 1.16 million dollars to the United Nations for the promotion of Hindi. R. Ravindra, the charge d’affaires of India’s Permanent Mission, handed over the cheque to Ian Phillips, the director of the News and Media Division of the UN’s Department of Global Communications (DGC) yesterday for Hindi @ UN’ project to expand the use of Hindi in the world organisation.
India partnered with the DGC since 2018 when the Hindi @ UN project was launched to enhance the public outreach of the United Nations in the Hindi language, and to spread greater awareness about global issues among millions of Hindi-speaking people around the world.
The United Nations produces an audio Hindi news bulletin every week on matters relating to the world organisation. The global body also maintains X, Instagram and Facebook social media accounts in Hindi, in addition to a news website. There has been a push to add to the UN’s range of multilingualism, but the main constraint is finance, and that is why India is paying for the Hindi initiative.
