United Nations Language policy
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The official languages of the United Nations are the six languages used in United Nations (UN) meetings and in which the UN writes all its official documents. In 1946, five languages were chosen as official languages of the UN: Chinese, English (British English with Oxford spelling), French, Russian, and Spanish. In 1973, (Modern Standard) Arabic was voted to be an additional official language.
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