List of official languages by institution

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Contents 1 Preview 2 International 3 Regional 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Preview

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 organisation itself, distinguishes between its official and working languages.

[edit] International

• United Nations - Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish. See also: Languages of the UN

• Commonwealth of Nations - English

• Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) - English and French

• World Trade Organisation (WTO) - English, French, Spanish

• International Monetary Fund - English

• World Bank - English

• Inter-Parliamentary Union - French and English (Conferences also have simultaneous interpretation into Spanish and Arabic.)

• Universal Postal Union - French (official), English (working)

• Organization of Islamic Conference - Arabic, English and French

• International Olympic Committee - English and French

• Francophonie - French

• Latin Union - French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian and Spanish

[edit] Regional

Most active institutions mentioned

• African Union - Arabic, English, French, and Portuguese. See also: Languages of the African Union

• Agadir Agreement - Arabic

• Arab League - Arabic

• Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) - English

• Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) - English

• Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) - English

• Central American Common Market (CACM) -

• Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)

• Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) - Russian

• Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) - Arabic

• Council of Europe - English, French

• East African Community (EAC) -

• Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) - French, English

• Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) - French

• Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC) -

• European Union - Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish and Swedish See also: Languages of the European Union

• Mercosur - Portuguese, Spanish

• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) -

• Nordic Council - Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

• North Atlantic Treaty Organisation - English and French

• Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) - English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian

• Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) - English

• Organization of American States - English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese. See also: The official languages of the Organization of American States

• Pacific Islands Forum -

• South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) - English

• Southern African Customs Union (SACU) -

• South American Community of Nations (CSN) - Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, English

[edit] See also

• List of official languages by state

[edit] External links

• World Auxiliary Language Campaign Facts page