- Thursday, February 27, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
AMBASSADOR Ruchira Kamboj, India’s permanent representative to the United Nations (UN), last week announced that the South Asian country has made a voluntary contribution of $1 million (£779,050) to the world body.
The contribution aims to promote the usage of the Hindi language within the world organisation and foster inclusive dialogue and understanding, she added.
The diplomat handed over a cheque of the said amount to Melissa Fleming, the under secretary general of the United Nations department of global communications at a ceremony.
Investing in linguistic inclusivity!
PR @ruchirakamboj handed a cheque of $1,000,000 to USG @MelissaFleming towards expanding the usage of #Hindi in @UN. With the Hindi@UN project, we are breaking barriers & enhancing public outreach.
?: https://t.co/vEiwhnPg5V@UNinHindi pic.twitter.com/yk22GS4BAn
— India at UN, NY (@IndiaUNNewYork) July 17, 2023
Hindi, which is spoken by more than 50 per cent of people in India, is spoken by more than 600 million people worldwide and is one of the most spoken language in the world.
The Indian Government is delighted to make a substantial voluntary contribution to the @UN, with a focus on promoting the usage of #Hindi. A step towards fostering inclusive dialogue and understanding. #LinguisticInclusivity #UN #Hindihttps://t.co/TUdrhm4CEX
— Ruchira Kamboj (@ruchirakamboj) July 17, 2023
In a tweet, Kamboj said, “The Indian Government is delighted to make a substantial voluntary contribution to the @UN, with a focus on promoting the usage of Hindi. A step towards fostering inclusive dialogue and understanding.”
“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,” she added.
Fleming tweeted, @We are grateful to @IndiaUNNewYork and @ruchirakamboj for their generous investment in our @UNinHindi service to bring UN news and stories to Hindi speaking audiences in India and beyond.”
We are grateful to @IndiaUNNewYork and @ruchirakamboj for their generous investment in our @UNinHindi service to bring UN news and stories to Hindi speaking audiences in India and beyond. https://t.co/xldubikL03
— Melissa Fleming ?? (@MelissaFleming) July 17, 2023
Stressing that New Delhi will continue to promote the use of Hindi language in the UN, Kamboj said the Indian government is pleased to partner with the UN for the same purpose.
According to a press release issued by the Permanent Mission of India, the amount was given to the UN “towards the expansion of usage of the Hindi language in the United Nations”.
Hindi@UN project, in collaboration with the UN Department of Public Information of the UN, was launched in 2018, with the objective of enhancing the public outreach of the United Nations in the Hindi language and spreading greater awareness about global issues among millions of Hindi-speaking people around the world.
The UN News in Hindi is disseminated through various platforms including UN News, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, as well as through a weekly UN News-Hindi audio bulletin.
With 50,000 current followers on Twitter, 29,000 on Instagram and 15,000 on Facebook, UN Hindi social media accounts publish nearly 1,000 posts every year. The Hindi UN News website with 1.3 million annual impressions remains in the top ten in internet search engines, said the press release issued earlier this month.
(With PTI inputs)
