@Sebastien: more official languages? --- I am even less sure about need for more languages in the United Nations. Translation is very costly and time consuming. By the time the translations are ready, new text are in the making, so practically they are not use. If China, Russia or Saudi Arabia have something to say or if they want to do something they will not wait months to see the translations.

Even if many people have reasons to dislike the hegemony of the English language, there is no other more efficient way. For the time being, the 6 UN official languages carry a political significance, but this have a high cost, which is not practically justified.

Source author: Petru Dumitriu PetruD@diplomacy.edu