An International Conference dedicated to the role the Russian language plays in big international organizations has started in Rome, Italy, reports
RIA«Novosti».
The General Headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will host meetings with experts, various discussion clubs, master-classes and round table sessions. Teachers of the Russian language, translators and other specialists representing over 20 countries are among the participants of the conference. They are supposed to discuss important matters of using the Russian language for international communication and the job matters of translation offices at the international institutions. Besides, new teaching methods, teaching technologies and academic programs are to be discussed as well.
According to the conference arrangers, it is aimed at the promotion of the Russian language as an official working language at international organizations and using it as a language for professional communication in the context of global diplomatic, economic and cultural relations.
The Forum of that sort is held for the first time at a UN organization. It has been arranged by the Higher School of Translation of the MSU in cooperation with a lot of other big European universities.
The Russian language is one of the official languages of the UN, OSCE, CIS, IAEA, WHO, SCO, EEC and many other international organizations.
