UN Arabic Language Day (Arabic: اليوم العالمي للغة العربية) is observed annually on December 18.^[1] The event was established by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2010 seeking "to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity as well as to promote equal use of all six of its official working languages throughout the organization". December 18 was chosen as the date for the Arabic language as it is "the day in 1973 when the General Assembly approved Arabic as an official UN language".^[2]

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UN Arabic Language Day اليوم العالمي للغة العربية
Arabic Language Day slogan
Date	December 18
Next time	December 18, 2024 (2024-12-18)
Frequency	annual
First time	2010; 14 years ago (2010)
Related to	International Mother Language Day, UN Chinese Language Day, UN English Language Day, UN French Language Day, UN Portuguese Language Day, UN Russian Language Day, UN Spanish Language Day, UN Swahili Language Day

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• International Mother Language Day
• International observance
• Official languages of the United Nations
• AIDA - International Association of Arabic Dialectology