April 23 Observes 2022 English Language and Spanish Language Day

The United Nations commemorates English Day every year on April 23.

Highlights:

• The United Nations established language Days in 2010 to encourage equal use of the organization's six official languages and celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity.

• The United Nations commemorates English Day every year on April 23.

• The event was developed in 2010 by the UN Department of Public Information to "celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity and promote equal use of all six official languages within the Organization."

• Because it marks the anniversary of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's death in Spain and the birth and death of William Shakespeare in England, the date was chosen.