RUSSIAN LANGUAGE DAY CELEBRATED AT SLAVONIC UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA

armradio.am
04.06.2012 16:37

The Day of the Russian Language at UN is marked in the beginning of
June, to coincide with the birthday of Alexander Pushkin (June 6),
the greatest Russian poet. Students were singing songs and reading
Puskin’s poetry.

Dafina Gercheva, the UN Resident Coordinator said: “I am happy to
see so many young people in the audience today! It is important
that Armenians are learning Russian, which will help them to open
the borders and learn more about the world around, will help them
to be citizens of the world. We exist in a multilingual world where
the languages we speak, or read, or write, affect the way we think
and act.”

Armen Darbinyan, the Rector of the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic)
University, spoke about opportunities to study Russian in Armenia
and about an important role which the Russian Language is playing in
spreading the message of the UN in the world.

The Ambassador of the Russian Federation, Vyacheslav Kovalenko, spoke
about the use of the Russian language in the UN and called Armenian
youth to further study this language.

The event was organized by the UN Department of Public Information and
the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University in Armenia also supported
by Embassies of the Russian Federation, Belarus, Kazakhstan and
RosSotrudnichestvo. It was conducted in the framework of the Plan
for Co-operation between the UNDPI and the University.

Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish are the six
official languages of the UN. In 2010 the UN Department of Public
Information in New York has announced the launch of “Language Days
at the United Nations”, an initiative which seeks to celebrate
multilingualism and cultural diversity.

The UN Department of Public Information Yerevan Office jointly with
its partners is also commemorating these six official languages of
the United Nations.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress