India donates $1 million to the UN to support the use of Hindi
According to India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj, the country has made a voluntary donation of USD $1 million to the UN to support the use of Hindi inside the international body and to encourage inclusive discourse and understanding.
Melissa Fleming, Under Secretary General of the United Nations Department of Global Communications, received the $1 million check from Kamboj. “The Indian Government is pleased to give a sizeable voluntary donation to the UN, with an emphasis on encouraging the use of Hindi. A step toward encouraging inclusive conversation and comprehension,” Kamboj tweeted.
“Efforts of the United Nations to mainstream and consolidate news and multimedia content in the Hindi language have been appreciated in India and in countries where a Hindi-speaking population resides,” the spokesperson said. She said that the Indian government will keep promoting the use of Hindi at the UN.
We are glad to cooperate with the United Nations for this goal, she added. The money was donated to the UN “towards the expansion of usage of the Hindi language in the United Nations,” according to a news release from the Permanent Mission of India.
With the aim of increasing the United Nations’ public engagement in the Hindi language and raising awareness of global issues among the millions of Hindi-speaking people around the world, the Hindi@UN project was launched in 2018 in collaboration with the UN Department of Public Information.
UN News, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and a weekly UN News-Hindi audio bulletin are just a few of the outlets that provide UN News in Hindi.
The UN Hindi social media accounts produce about 1,000 posts annually and now have 50,000 followers on Twitter, 29,000 followers on Instagram, and 15,000 followers on Facebook. According to a press statement last week, the Hindi UN News website continues to rank in the top 10 in internet search engines with 1.3 million yearly impressions.
