India, UN sign MoU to renew ‘Hindi@UN Project’

• India and the United Nations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) renewing the ‘Hindi@UN Project’.

• It is a dedicated project at the world body to broadcast news from the UN in Hindi and enhance public outreach in the language.

• India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador P. Harish and UN Under Secretary General, Department of Global Communications (DGC) Melissa Fleming signed the MoU renewing the MoU renewing the ‘Hindi@UN Project’  for a period of five years from April 1, 2025, to March 31, 2030, during a ceremony held at the Permanent Mission of India.

• The government of India has pledged $1.5 million per annum for five years, over and above the cumulative contribution of $6.8 million to date for the purpose.

• The MoU on the project’s establishment was signed between the Indian government and DGC in 2018, with the primary focus on broadcasting UN news in Hindi.

• The Hindi@UN project was launched in 2018 in collaboration with the UN Department of Public Information to enhance the public outreach of the United Nations in the Hindi language, and to spread greater awareness about global issues among millions of Hindi-speaking people around the world.

• The renewal is a testimony to India’s strong and historic commitment to multilingualism.

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