The President (spoke in French) I give the floor to the representative of Germany.

Also a member of the editorial boards of Fault Lines and Disarmament Times

The biggest languages are German, Japanese, French all the Western European languages are quite big.

German is not an easy language.

In rural areas parts of the Danish minority speak Plattdeutsch, a Low German regional language in the immediate border region they also speak sønderjysk, a South Jutlandish dialect, with their German neighbours.

Mr. McBride (United Kingdom) I would like to agree with all of the preceding speakers.

Mr. Müller (Germany) I want to supplement what the representative of the United Kingdom has just said.

The President The next speaker inscribed on my list is the Permanent Observer for the International Organization of la Francophonie to the United Nations, Mr. Ridha Bouabid, to whom I give the floor.

Mr. McBride (United Kingdom) I apologize for taking the floor once again.

(c) Promoting German language skills by means of language courses

How many languages do you speak, Judd?

The President I thank Mr. Pahad for the kind words he addressed to my country, Brazil.

The classroom language is Danish with the exception of classes in the compulsory subject German.

The President I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Jean Paul Ngoupande, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and Francophonie of the Central African Republic.

In this connection, I would like to address the Assembly in the other official language of Iraq, Kurdish.

The President I thank Ms. Del Ponte for her briefing.

All publications of the organization are in the three official languages English, French and German.

Mr. McBride (United Kingdom) My apologies for coming back.

I can speak five languages.

The President I now call on His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Bedjaoui, Minister of State and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Algeria.

Mr. Pleuger (Germany) First of all, I would like to express my full support for the statement presented by the British Ambassador on behalf of the presidency of the European Union.

The President I give the floor to Mr. Anders B. Johnsson, Secretary General of the Inter Parliamentary Union.

You are only failing German.

Mr. Belkenende (Netherlands) I am delivering this speech on behalf of Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden and my own country, the Netherlands.

Ms. Ahmed (Bangladesh) I speak on behalf of my Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Mr. Iftekhar Chowdhury.

Mr. Dlamini (Swaziland) It is an honour and privilege for me to present my country's statement, as commanded by His Majesty King Mswati III.

The languages into which national works were translated include German, English, French, Arabic, Japanese and Romanian.

The President I thank His Royal Highness Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al Hussein for his comprehensive briefing.

Mr. Koudelka (Czech Republic) I am speaking in my capacity as Vice Chairman of the Second Committee.

The President (spoke in French) I thank Mr. Prendergast for his briefing.

The President (spoke in French) I thank Mr. Prendergast for his briefing.

Why, yes, in several languages.

(a) The establishment of special classes (preparatory classes) with both the mother tongue and German as teaching languages

This is being launched with three languages in it Squeak, Logo, and a third, that I've never even seen before.

Mr. Wood (United Kingdom) I am taking the floor on behalf of the European Union in connection with draft resolution VIII, entitled The right to development .

Mr. McBride (United Kingdom) My comment concerns paragraphs 6, 8 and 9 it is the same amendment.

The Sprachverband Deutsch für ausländische Arbeitnehmer e.V. (Registered Language Association German for Foreign Workers) which receives support from the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs organizes general language courses, intensive language courses and language courses with literacy programmes.

achieving the national independence and sovereignty of our State, Palestine, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

The President I thank Mr. Pahad for the clarifications he has provided.

And so it looks like they probably had linguistic skills.

Mr. McBride (United Kingdom) In principle, we would also support the Egyptian proposal.

The President I thank the His Excellency Mr. Erdmann for his kind words addressed to me.

In Sri Lanka, according to Ms. Gunewardena, both the national languages, Sinhala, the language of the majority, and Tamil, that of the minority, had been used as a medium of instruction at primary schools.

It's my beloved Germany and German

The Co Chairperson (Sweden) I give the floor to Her Excellency Mrs. Heidemarie Wiezcorek Zeul, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany.