UN Supports Linguistic Freedom, Comments on Ukraine's Russian Language Bill
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The UN supports linguistic freedom and diversity, spokesperson Stephane Dujarric stated, commenting on Ukraine's bill to remove Russian from protected languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.
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Warum es wichtig ist
Ukraine's parliament speaker announced that President Vladimir Zelensky signed a bill removing the Russian language from the list of languages protected under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.
UNITED NATIONS, June 20. /TASS/. The United Nations supports linguistic freedom and language diversity in any country, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric said, when asked to comment on Ukraine's recent bill on Russian language.
"As a matter of principle, we believe in cultural freedom, linguistic freedom. Diversity of language and culture in any country is something to support," he said.
Earlier, Ruslan Stefanchuk, Ukrainian parliament speaker, announced that Vladimir Zelensky had signed a bill removing the Russian language from the list of languages protected under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.
Offene Fragen
- What are the specific implications of this removal?
- How will this affect Russian speakers in Ukraine?
