Dear users, Today we have added 80 new speeches to the public #StayHome Collection. This new lot includes the 9 languages that were already present in the collection (EN, FR, DE, IT, ES, NL, PT, BG, MT) and a new addition, Latvian! The collection can be found in the...

In 2009, the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP) chose 5 May as the date to celebrate the Portuguese language and Lusophone cultures. Ten years later, 5 May was proclaimed as "World Portuguese Language Day" by the 40th session of UNESCO's General...

On the 5th May 1949, a new public institution was born: The Council of Europe, the continent’s leading human rights organisation. https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/home It advocates freedom of expression and of the media, freedom of assembly, equality, and the...

Dear users, First of all, we hope that you are all healthy and well during these difficult times. As many of you have surely noticed, we have lately been facing some access issues to My Speech Repository, which is most unfortunate given the current circumstances, where...

Happy International Workers’ Day! Today, May 1st, we celebrate the fruits of hard-working men and women across the globe and we commemorate the struggles the working class endured to achieve humane working rights and conditions, such as eight hour a day shift...

Today the Netherlands celebrates Koningsdag (King’s Day), the birthday of King Willem-Alexander! First held on 31 August 1885 to mark Prinsessedag (Princesses’s Day), the birthday of Princess Wilhelmina, this celebration became known as Koninginnedag (Queen’s Day) after...

¡Feliz día de la lengua española en las Naciones Unidas! Descubre nuevos datos sobre el español en la siguiente página de la ONU: https://www.un.org/es/observances/spanish-language-day Happy day of the English language! Find out more on the presence of English across...

Today, on April 20, we celebrate the UN Chinese Language Day. On this occasion we publish a couple of new speeches in Mandarin: 27643 27644 27645 27647 27648 27649 27650 You can find more information on the Chinese Language Day here: https://www.un.org/zh/observances...

Dear users, Due to technical problems, the Speech Repository and My Speech Repository might not be available right now. Our IT teams are working to solve the issue as soon as possible. We will keep you informed. Best regards, The Speech Repository team

Dear colleagues, Today we have added 50 new speeches in 9 languages to our new #StayHome Collection in My Speech Repository, created thanks to the enormous generosity of our interpreter colleagues. Altogether there are now 95 speeches to keep on practising your skills...