NEWS FROM UNESCO

摘要

The year 2008 has been proclaimed International Year of Languages by the United Nations General Assembly. With the slogan "languages matter!", UNESCO is aiming at extensive fulfilment in its role as coordinator of activities for this Year. The conviction that language diversity is essential to the human heritage - as each and every language embodies the unique cultural wisdom of a people - is the common working ground for all those who will respond to this call for action.