Dr. Francis Hult spoke at a special session about enhancing international cooperation at the United Nations on Friday. Addressing the Secretary-General, the President of the General Assembly, and Member States, he talked about the need to use multilingualism to advance multilateralism and global solidarity.
While in New York, he also met with Ambassador Ifigeneia Kontoleontos, Permanent Observer of L'Organisation internationale de la Francophonie to the UN to discuss the advancement of multilingualism in the practice of international relations.