Bangla as official UN language
I welcome the JS resolution to this effect and hope that the long cherished hope of Bengalis everywhere comes to fruition. Having said that, from my own experiences of UN service, I can see very cogent objections which we must be able to refute. Firstly, although Bengali is the 5th most widespread language in the world, the UN membership is not of individuals but of soveriegn States. State-wise Bangladesh (with a population of 150 million people) is the only member of UN, so that on the basis of population of the State members of UN, perhaps India with Hindi, or Indonesia with its own language, or even Pakistan with Urdu has a stronger claim to make these also the official languages of UN.
On the other hand, although languages such as Spanish or Portuguese are spoken by much smaller number of people worldwide than Bangla, many more States have these languages as official language, where national laws in the light of international laws are written down in these languages.
It appears that it is not how many people speak the language, but in how many States laws are made in a language (except the permanent members of Security Council which includes China), which is the criterion to get the blessings of UN for one of its official languages (and consequent expenses for producing international laws and proceedings into these languages).
I personally do not know how to circumvent these objections or whether the 'richness' of Bengali is sufficient to outweigh these. I however urge those active minds who have gained support for this proposal to consider these with a view to cogent rebuttal if it comes to that.
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