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TitleReport: UNESCO's Compendium on Ongoing Activities Concerning Languages and Multilingualism
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From http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/newsline/archives/2007/06/unescos_compend.html

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has published an online compendium of its ongoing activities in the field of languages and multilingualism. Compiled by the organization's Task Force for Languages and Multilingualism, the compendium includes detailed information about the following objectives:

*promotion of multilingual education, including the mother language;
*safeguarding endangered and indigenous languages;
*promotion of multilingualism and linguistic diversity in literate environments, media, and cyberspace;
*promotion of languages as a means for dialogue and international integration; and
*improvement of UNESCO effectiveness through integration of linguistic factors.

Download the report at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001508/150831E.pdf .

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