NEW DELHI India has not made a proposal for introduction of Hindi as an official language of the United Nations as it would cost the government over Rs820 million annually even by a conservative estimate.
The information was given by the External Affairs Ministry in reply to a Right to Information plea filed by a 12-year old girl, Aishwarya Parashar, of Lucknow who sought to know that why a formal proposal to make Hindi as an official language of the UN has not been given.
"The introduction of Hindi as one of the official languages of the UN has several financial and procedural implications, which require to be met before a formal proposal can be tabled in the UN," Central Public Information Officer of MEA, S Gopalakrishnan said in his reply.
He said India, a proposing country, would need to provide sufficient financial resources to the UN to cover the additional expenditure on interpretation, translation, printing and duplication of documents and related infrastructural costs.
"This according to conservative estimates, could cost in excess of USD 14 million (app Rs 820 million) per year. This is based on the decision of the UN General Assembly in 1973 to include Arabic as a working and official language of General Assembly and adding an inflation component of 2-3 per cent per annum on a compounded basis.
"The actual cost is likely to be considerably higher since infrastructual changes would also need to be made in all conference halls to provide for an additional interpreter's booth," he said. The MEA said it is not simply a question of expenditure as UN General Assembly would need to adopt a resolution supported by a majority of the 192 UN member States.
"As adding another official language entails a significant increase in the budget of the UN (personnel, equipment, and other recurring costs), Member States have been generally reluctant to support proposals entailing additional financial burden," he said.
He said in 1973, when General Assembly approved the inclusion of Arabic among the official and working languages of the General Assembly, it did so recognising that Arabic was the language of 19 members of the UN.
"It was also the working language of specialised agencies such as Unesco, FAO, WHO and the IOL. It was the official and working language of the OAU," he said. The MEA official said notwithstanding the fact that Hindi is spoken in many countries of the world, its recognition as an official language of other countries as well as official language in some of the specialised agencies and regional/sub-regional groupings is a factor which is to be considered for recognition in the United Nations.
The UN has six official languages--English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Arabic.
The information was given by the External Affairs Ministry in reply to a Right to Information plea filed by a 12-year old girl, Aishwarya Parashar, of Lucknow who sought to know that why a formal proposal to make Hindi as an official language of the UN has not been given.
"The introduction of Hindi as one of the official languages of the UN has several financial and procedural implications, which require to be met before a formal proposal can be tabled in the UN," Central Public Information Officer of MEA, S Gopalakrishnan said in his reply.
He said India, a proposing country, would need to provide sufficient financial resources to the UN to cover the additional expenditure on interpretation, translation, printing and duplication of documents and related infrastructural costs.
"This according to conservative estimates, could cost in excess of USD 14 million (app Rs 820 million) per year. This is based on the decision of the UN General Assembly in 1973 to include Arabic as a working and official language of General Assembly and adding an inflation component of 2-3 per cent per annum on a compounded basis.
"The actual cost is likely to be considerably higher since infrastructual changes would also need to be made in all conference halls to provide for an additional interpreter's booth," he said. The MEA said it is not simply a question of expenditure as UN General Assembly would need to adopt a resolution supported by a majority of the 192 UN member States.
"As adding another official language entails a significant increase in the budget of the UN (personnel, equipment, and other recurring costs), Member States have been generally reluctant to support proposals entailing additional financial burden," he said.
He said in 1973, when General Assembly approved the inclusion of Arabic among the official and working languages of the General Assembly, it did so recognising that Arabic was the language of 19 members of the UN.
"It was also the working language of specialised agencies such as Unesco, FAO, WHO and the IOL. It was the official and working language of the OAU," he said. The MEA official said notwithstanding the fact that Hindi is spoken in many countries of the world, its recognition as an official language of other countries as well as official language in some of the specialised agencies and regional/sub-regional groupings is a factor which is to be considered for recognition in the United Nations.
The UN has six official languages--English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Arabic.
Press Trust of India
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नई दिल्ली। भारत ने हिंदी को संयुक्त राष्ट्र की आधिकारिक भाषा बनाने के लिए प्रस्ताव नहीं किया है क्योंकि ऐसा होने पर सरकार पर 82 करोड़ रुपये से अधिक का वार्षिक खर्च आएगा।
लखनऊ की 12 वर्षीय लड़की ऐश्वर्या पाराशर द्वारा सूचना के अधिकार [आरटीआइ] के तहत मांगी गई जानकारी पर विदेश मंत्रालय ने यह जवाब दिया है। ऐश्वर्या ने जानना चाहा था कि हिंदी को संयुक्त राष्ट्र की आधिकारिक भाषा बनाने के लिए प्रस्ताव क्यों नहीं दिया गया है। अपने जवाब में विदेश मंत्रालय के केंद्रीय जनसूचना अधिकारी एस गोपालकृष्णन ने कहा, 'संयुक्त राष्ट्र में हिंदी को एक आधिकारिक भाषा के रूप में शामिल किए जाने के कई वित्तीय और प्रक्रिया संबंधी निहितार्थ हैं। इस बारे में औपचारिक प्रस्ताव रखे जाने से पहले इन निहितार्थों को पूरा करने की जरूरत है।' उन्होंने कहा कि प्रस्ताव करने वाले देश यानि भारत को संयुक्त राष्ट्र को पर्याप्त वित्तीय संसाधन प्रदान करने होंगे ताकि व्याख्या, अनुवाद, प्रिंटिंग और दस्तावेजों के प्रतिलिपिकरण पर होने वाले अतिरिक्त खर्च तथा इससे संबंधित बुनियादी खर्च का प्रबंध किया जा सके।
एक अनुमान के मुताबिक इस पर प्रति वर्ष करीब 82.6 करोड़ रुपये का खर्च आएगा। यह अनुमान अरबी को 1973 में संयुक्त राष्ट्र महासभा की आधिकारिक भाषा बनाने के निर्णय पर आधारित है। गोपालकृष्णन के मुताबिक वास्तविक खर्च इससे भी अधिक हो सकता है क्योंकि अतिरिक्त इंटरप्रेटर बूथ के लिए सभी कांफ्रेंस हॉल की आधारभूत संरचना में बदलाव करने की जरूरत होगी।
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