List of official languages by institution

 

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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

• United Nations - Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish. See also: Languages of the UN

• World Trade Organisation (WTO) - English, French and Spanish.

• International Criminal Court - Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.^[1] (English and French are working languages.^[1])

• International Labour Organization - English, French and Spanish.

• International Telecommunications Union - English, French and Spanish.

• International Monetary Fund - English (Conferences also have simultaneous interpretation into French, Spanish, Arabic, German, Chinese and Russian.)

• World Bank - English (Conferences also have simultaneous interpretation into French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese and Russian.)

• Inter-Parliamentary Union - French and English (Conferences also have simultaneous interpretation into Spanish and Arabic.)

• Universal Postal Union - French (official), English (working). Other languages translated: Arabic, Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, German.

• International Olympic Committee - English and French. Other working languages: Spanish, German, Russian, Arabic (the last two only during the annual Session)

• Commonwealth of Nations - English

• Organization of Ibero-American States - Spanish and Portuguese

• Francophonie - French

• Latin Union - French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian and Spanish

• Organization of Islamic Conference - Arabic, English and French

Regional

Most active institutions mentioned

• African Union - Arabic, English, French, and Portuguese. See also: Languages of the African Union

• Agadir Agreement - Arabic

• Arab League - Arabic

• Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) - English

• Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) - English

• Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) - English

• Central American Common Market (CACM) -

• Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)

• 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) -

• Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) - French, English

• Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) - French

• Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC) -

• European Union - 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, Spanish

• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) -

• 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, English

See also

• List of official languages by state

References

External links

• World Auxiliary Language Campaign Facts page

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