List of official languages of international organizations

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This is a list of official languages for significant regional and international institutions. Different organisations sometimes refer to their principal languages of administration and communication as "working languages", whilst others refer to these as being "official". No distinction is made here, except where an organization itself, distinguishes between its official and working languages.

International

Institutions Languages
Commonwealth of Nations English
Community of Portuguese Language Countries Portuguese
Francophonie French
International Criminal Court (ICC) Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.[1] (English and French are working languages.[1])
International Labour Organization (ILO) English, French and Spanish
International Monetary Fund (IMF) English (Conferences also have simultaneous interpretation into French, Spanish, Arabic, German, Chinese and Russian.)
International Olympic Committee (IOC) English and French. Other working languages: Spanish, German, Russian, Arabic (the last two only during the annual Session.)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) English, French and Spanish.
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) French and English (Conferences also have simultaneous interpretation into Spanish and Arabic.)
Latin Union French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian and Spanish.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) English, French
Organization of Ibero-American States Spanish and Portuguese.
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Arabic, English and French.
United Nations (UN) under the Charter, the official languages are Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish as well as Arabic which was added in 1973. [2]See also: Languages of the UN
Universal Postal Union (UPU) French (official), English (working). Other languages translated: Arabic, Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, German.
World Bank English (Conferences also have simultaneous interpretation into French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese and Russian.)
World Trade Organization (WTO) English, French and Spanish.

Regional

Most active institutions mentioned

Institutions Languages
African Union (AU) Arabic, English, French and Portuguese. See also: Languages of the African Union
Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA) Arabic
Arab League Arabic
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) English
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) English
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) English
Central American Common Market (CACM) Spanish
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) English, French and Portuguese.
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Russian
Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) Arabic
Council of Europe English, French.
East African Community (EAC) English, French and Swahili.
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) French, English and Portuguese.
Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) French
Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC)
European Union (EU) Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish and Swedish See also: Languages of the European Union
Mercosur Portuguese and Spanish.
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) English, French and Spanish.
Nordic Council Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation English and French
Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) English
Organization of American States English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese. See also: The official languages of the Organization of American States
Pacific Islands Forum
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) English
Southern African Customs Union (SACU)
Union of South American Nations (Unasul-Unasur) Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Article 50 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Accessed 16 October 2007.
  2. ^ "Basic Facts About The United Nations", By United Nations (2004) ISBN 9211009367

External links

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