Conference in the United Kingdom to demand Bengali recognition in the United Nations.

Hakikul Islam Khokon

The United Nations has 6 official languages - English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish. And with the aim of recognizing Bengali as the official language of the United Nations, which ranks seventh among the four thousand languages ​​in the world, a conference of Recognition of Bengali as an Official Language of the United Nations 2025, which has been campaigning for a long time, will be held on November 9, 2025 at 1 pmThe event was successfully completed at the Multipurpose Center in Birmingham, the second largest Bengali-dominated area in the United Kingdom, in the presence of community leaders, including regional leaders of organizations from various cities in the United Kingdom. Jasmin Mansoor has sent this news to IBNNews.

In the ceremony which started with the national anthem of Bangladesh, the ceremonial cover of the second book Jati Sangh Bangla, published on various activities from the beginning of the organization to the present, was also unveiled.

Recognition of Bangla as an Official Language of the United Nations under the chairmanship of Tafazzal Hossain Chowdhury and general secretary Alhaj Faizur Rahman Chowdhury MBE as the chief guest at the general meeting and book-launching ceremony British MP barrister Ayub Khan in his capacityBhuya praised the activities of the organization including promising to campaign for the inclusion of Bengali as an official language in the United Nations and expressed the opinion that such organizations are playing a significant role in the development and practice of 'diversity' in the society. He said - Bengali is a rich language. 33 crore people of the world speak Bengali language. Therefore, he will provide support for Bangla to be the full official language of the United Nations.

The vice-president of the organization, senior community figure KKM Abu Taher Chowdhury, president of Swindon Committee Arju Miah MBE, central executive member Abdul Latif JP, South Wales Regional spoke by expressing the promise of continued campaign for the inclusion of Bengali language as an official language in the United NationsEminent Journalist Mohammad Mokis Mansoor as President, Publicity and Publication Secretary Sheikh Mofizur Rahman, Finance Secretary Abu Taher MBE, Birmingham Bangla Press Club Founder President Mostafa Chowdhury Yuvraj, Organization Central Committee Member Kamrul Hasan Chunu, Central Member Abdul Qadir Abul, Central MemberFeroz Khan, President of Portsmouth Masood Ahmad, Former Councilor Shahid Ali, Central Member Journalist Farooq Joshi, London Metropolitan President Nazmul Hossain Chowdhury, Community Leader Doctor Abdul Khaliq, Manchester Committee President of the organization Advocate Mir Ghulam Mostafa, General Secretary of Portsmouth Abu SoebAzad Abul Kalam, chairman of Bangla paper, Azad Abul Kalam, head teacher Rafiqul Alam, columnist Shebul Chowdhury, community leader Mafiz Khan, writer Nasir Uddin Helal, community leader Angur Mia, community activist Rasia Khatun, and Mrs. Rashid etc.
Maulana Oliur Rahman Chowdhury Dubagi recited and prayed from the Holy Quran.President Tafazzal Hossain Chowdhury, in his welcome address, the founding president of the organization, the late Tzammel Tony Haque MBE, called all the late leaders as language soldiers of the 21st century, stating that the community will not forget their contribution, and on June 6, 2022, Bengali language was included in the United Nations due to the great activities of the organizationEven after getting recognition, they are working to get full recognition and everyone present expressed their thanks for the organization's efforts to uphold the mother tongue along with seeking everyone's cooperation in this work.
Journalist Jasmin Mansoor said that to encourage the new generation to practice Bengali abroad and to open Bengali schools in different countries and cities outside the world, to call on the parents to take Bengali as a textbook in different schools and to work for the development of Bengali culture, Journalist Jasmine Mansoor said.

In the meeting, Bangladesh government's cooperation was requested to make Bengali the official language of the United Nations. The Secretary General of the United Nations was thanked for recognizing and introducing Bengali as an unofficial language of the United Nations in 2022.

Anger was expressed because the High Commissioner or Assistant High Commissioner or any representative of the British High Commission of Bangladesh was not present in the meeting.

It should be noted that since 2006, the organization has been working in various ways at home and abroad with the aim of getting Bangla recognized as an official language of the United Nations.

Those coming to the conference are expecting that they will succeed in this matter very soon. Finally, the meeting ended successfully with the midday meal