Desk Report: The United Nations General Assembly has declared 23 September as International Day of Sign Languages. The resolution was initially adopted by consensus during the 48th meeting of the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, 16 November 2017 and officially adopted at the 72nd United Nations General Assembly.
The first International Day of Sign Languages will be celebrated on 23 September 2018 as part of the International Week of the Deaf. The choice of 23 September commemorates the date that the WFD was established in 1951.
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