During her visit, the Director-General also visited the International Mother Language Institute, established for the research and preservation of languages.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

With assistance from UNESCO, the Education Ministry of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and the Institute of the Indigenous Peoples of the North of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences undertook to promote the transmission of Yukagir oral traditions to youth and digitize the language and cultural materials, facilitating both transmission and preservation.

UNESCO: CULTURE

Five "Samoan Language Champions" are being honoured at the weekend - people who have made an outstanding contribution to the preservation and promotion of gagana Samoa in New Zealand.

UNESCO: Samoan Language Week an international success