This is a list of official languages for significant regional and international institutions. Different organisations sometimes refer to their principal languages of administration and communication as "working languages" , whilst others refer to these as being "official" . No distinction is made here, except where an organization itself, distinguishes between its official and working languages.
International [ edit ]
Institutions
Languages
Commonwealth of Nations
English
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
English , French , Spanish , German
International Criminal Court (ICC)
Arabic , Chinese , English , French , Russian and Spanish .[1] (English and French are working languages.[1] )
International Labour Organization (ILO/OIT)
English , French and Spanish .
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
English (Conferences also have simultaneous interpretation into Arabic , Chinese , French , Japanese , Russian and Spanish .)
International Olympic Committee (IOC/CIO)
French , English (at all Sessions, simultaneous interpretation must also be provided into the German, Spanish, Arabic and Russian languages).
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
English , French and Spanish .
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
French and English (Conferences also have simultaneous interpretation into Arabic and Spanish .)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD/OCDE)
English and French .
Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI)
Spanish and Portuguese .
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC/OCI)
Arabic , English and French .
United Nations (UN/ONU)
Under the Charter, the official languages are Chinese , English , French , Russian , Spanish as well as Arabic which was added in 1973.[2] See also: Official languages of the United Nations .
Universal Postal Union (UPU)
French (official) and English (working). Other languages translated: Arabic, Chinese, German, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
World Bank (WB)
English (Conferences also have simultaneous interpretation into Arabic , Chinese , French , Russian and Spanish .)
World Hindi Secretariat
Hindi
World Rugby
English , French and Spanish .
World Trade Organization (WTO/OMC)
English , French and Spanish .
Regional [ edit ]
Most active institutions mentioned.
Institutions
Languages
African Union (AU/UA)
Arabic , French , English and Portuguese See also: Languages of the African Union
Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA)
Arabic
Arab League
Arabic
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
English
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
English (working language), Burmese , Filipino , Indonesian , Khmer , Lao , Malay , Mandarin , Tamil , Thai and Vietnamese .[3]
Benelux
Dutch and French .[4]
Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
English , French and Dutch .
Central American Common Market (CACM)
Spanish
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
English , French and Portuguese .
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
Russian
Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP)
Portuguese
Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)
Arabic
Council of Europe
English and French .
East African Community (EAC)
English , French and Swahili .
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS/CEDEAO)
English , French and Portuguese .
Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC)
French
Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)
Russian
European Union (EU/UE)
Bulgarian , Czech , Croatian , Danish , Dutch , English , Estonian , Finnish , French , German , Greek , Hungarian , Irish , Italian , Latvian , Lithuanian , Maltese , Polish , Portuguese , Romanian , Slovak , Slovene , Spanish and Swedish . (English, French and German are the selected working languages of some internal EU bodies, such as the European Commission ). See also: Languages of the European Union
Francophonie
French
Mercosur
Portuguese and Spanish .
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
English , Spanish and French .
Nordic Council
Danish , Norwegian and Swedish (working languages)
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO/OTAN)
English and French .
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
English , French , German , Italian , Russian and Spanish .
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
English
Organization of American States (OAS/OEA)
Spanish , English , Portuguese and French . See also: The official languages of the Organization of American States
Pacific Islands Forum
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
Chinese and Russian .
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
English
Southern African Development Community (SADC)
English , French and Portuguese (working languages)[5]
Union of South American Nations (Unasul-Unasur)
Dutch , English , Portuguese and Spanish .
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