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|holiday_name = UN French Language Day<br />
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|duration = 1 day<br />
|frequency = Annual<br />
|scheduling = Same day each year<br />
|date = 20 March <br />
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|relatedto = [[International Francophonie Day]]<br>[[International Mother Language Day]]<br>[[UN Arabic Language Day]]<br>[[UN Chinese Language Day]]<br>[[UN English Language Day]]<br>[[UN Portuguese Language Day]]<br>[[UN Russian Language Day]]<br>[[UN Spanish Language Day]]<br />
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'''UN French Language Day''' is [[list of minor secular observances#March|observed]] annually on 20 March.<ref name="UNNews">[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 2017-03-17</ref> <br />
The event was established by UN's [[United Nations Department of Public Information|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 [[United Nations|Organization]]".<ref><br />
[https://www.un.org/press/en/2010/obv853.doc.htm Department of Public Information to Launch ‘Language Days at the United Nations’] United Nations Department of Public Information, 19 February 2010</ref><br />
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For the [[French language]], 20 March was chosen as the date since it "coincides with the 40th anniversary of the International Organization of [[La Francophonie]]",<ref name="UNNewsF"><br />
[https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?Cr=multilingualism&Cr1=&NewsID=34136 First-ever French language day celebrated at UN]. United Nations News Centre, 19 March 2010. Consulted on 2017-03-17.</ref> <br />
a group whose members share a common tongue, as well as the humanist values promoted by the French language.<ref>[https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=34136&Cr=multilingualism&Cr1=#.U4wm4PmSxqA united nations]</ref><br />
Other dates were selected for the celebration of the UN's other five official languages.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[International Mother Language Day]]<br />
* [[International observance]]<br />
* [[Official languages of the United Nations]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://www.un.org/fr/events/frenchlanguageday UN French Language Day] – Official Site (French)<br />
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{{La Francophonie}}<br />
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[[Category:United Nations language days|French]]<br />
[[Category:Francophonie]]<br />
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