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From https://academicimpact.un.org/content/many-languages-one-world-contest

This is the second year of an essay contest by United Nations Academic Impact for full-time university students. This year, the entry essays should relate to the post-2015 global development agenda, while identifying new goals which reflect of global sustainable development that recognizes, and is enriched by, cultural and linguistic diversity. In recognition of UN70, this year's contest has as a theme "Seventy for Seventy"; there will be a total of seventy winners, ten in each of the six official United Nations languages and an additional 10 chosen on merit from the remaining entries in all languages. These Winners will be invited to New York to participate in a series of events during the week of July 20-26, 2015. These events will include a Global Youth Forum on the sustainable development agenda in the context of multilingualism, cultural diversity and global citizenship at United Nations Headquarters.

The essay submission deadline is March 25. For full details go to https://academicimpact.un.org/content/many-languages-one-world-contest