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Celebration event at UNESCO's Headquarters in Paris
on the occasion of International Mother Language Day 2004
23 February 2004 |
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- Keynote speech by UNESCO's Director-General Mr Koïchiro Matsuura
- Inauguration of the exhibition by the Assistant-Director-General of Education, John Daniel
- Statement by the Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Bangladesh to UNESCO, His Exc. Mr Jahangir Saadat.
During the event children from Armenia, Bangladesh, Boliva, Japan and Madagascar will sing in their local languages.
There will also be showing of extracts from a documentary on endangered languages "The Last Word".
The event is organized by UNESCO's Education Sector in cooperation with the Culture Sector.
Celebration activities will also take place in countries throughout the world.
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The mother-tongue dilemma
Educators are increasingly convinced of the value of multilingual education, and studies show that children learn better in their mother tongue.UNESCO's Education Today newsletter No.6 highlights how emotional this whole issue is and outlines the huge political and economic obstacles.
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Did you know?
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Resolution on Mother Language Day (1999)
· Cultural & Linguistic Diversity in Education
. Endangered Languages
· Selected websites
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