United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) and?ELS Educational Services, Inc., are?pleased to announce that 60 students have been selected as winners of the 2016 Many Languages, One World? international essay contest. This?is the third year ELS Educational Services Inc.?and UNAI have partnered to organize?Many Languages, One World?.
The winners have been invited to attend the Many Languages, One World Global Youth Forum at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. The event includes an all-expense-paid trip to New York City and the opportunity to speak at the General Assembly of the United Nations. Students will present action plans related to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The Many Languages, One World contest challenged college and university students around the globe to write an essay examining global citizenship, cultural understanding and the role that multilingualism can play in fostering both. Entrants submitted essays in one of the six official United Nations languages, which could be neither the student's first language nor his/her primary language of instruction. More than 9,000 individuals from 165 countries took part in the initial phase of the contest. The official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
The 60 winners were selected from a pool of over 3,600 entrants. United Nations Academic Impact and ELS would like to congratulate the 60 winners of the Many Languages, One World? 2016 essay contest.
The winners are as follows:
| NAME | UNIVERSITY | HOME COUNTRY | LANGUAGE GROUP |
| Abdul Gafoor Kunnathodi | Jawaharlal Nehru University | India | Arabic |
| David Scot Chesnut | Defense Language Institute | United States | Arabic |
| Gabriela Rossainzz Jardon | University of Oklahoma | United States | Arabic |
| Guohong Liao | Xi`an International Studies University | China | Arabic |
| Jamie Deanne Clegg | Brigham Young University | United States | Arabic |
| Michelle Elizabeth Carney | University of Oklahoma | United States | Arabic |
| Rachel Anne Lott | Brigham Young University | United States | Arabic |
| Shabab Anwar | Jawaharlal Nehru University | India | Arabic |
| Sophia Clara Smith Galer | Durham University | United Kingdom | Arabic |
| Xiaowen Sha | Shanghai International Studies University | China | Arabic |
| Bolor-Erdene Mendbayar | Renmin University of China | Mongolia | Chinese |
| Francisco Enrique Lopez de la Pena | New York University Abu Dhabi | Mexico | Chinese |
| Léa Agathe Buatois | ENS de Lyon | France | Chinese |
| Mahmud Abdul-Nazif | Jiangsu University | Ghana | Chinese |
| Moldir Arapova | Heilongjiang University | Kazakhstan | Chinese |
| Nham Thi Ngo | Tomsk Polytechnic University | Vietnam | Chinese |
| Nishchit Pandey | Jiangsu University | Nepal | Chinese |
| Oumarou Zougmore | Chinese Culture University | Burkina Faso | Chinese |
| Qianying Zheng | Kobe City University of Foreign Studies | Japan | Chinese |
| Ritika Philip | University of Pennsylvania | India | Chinese |
| Amani Alfred Naburi | African Leadership University | Tanzania | English |
| Bahati Ernestine Hategekimana | Moi University | Kenya | English |
| Federico Wynter | Universidad ORT Uruguay | Uruguay | English |
| Jorge Federico Jaef | Universidad Nacional de Rosario | Argentina | English |
| Maria Jose Ramirez Ca?as | University of Edinburgh | Chile | English |
| Ngoc Minh Tu | Texas Christian University | Vietnam | English |
| Rind AlHage | Université Saint-Joseph | Lebanon | English |
| Shazana Eliza Rohr | Rijksuniversiteit Groningen | Germany | English |
| Tom Claudino dos Santos | Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina | Brazil | English |
| Venus? Suleiman Akef | University of Cincinnati | Iraq | English |
| Anna Khalonina | Saint-Petersburg State University | Russia | French |
| Aparna Clarke | University College London | United Kingdom | French |
| Elisa Capobianco | Università degli studi di Roma La Sapienza | Italy | French |
| Guillermo Antonio Vidarte | Universidad Nacional del Litoral - Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales | Argentina | French |
| Jose Ildo de Oliveira Junior | Universidade Federal de Sergipe | Brazil | French |
| Karina Aracely Gonzalez Sanchez | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | United States | French |
| Matthew Anthony Trojic | Universite Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3 Ecole Superieure d'Interpretes et de Traducteurs | United States | French |
| Melina Blostein | Facultad de Filosofía y Letras - Universidad de Buenos Aires | Argentina | French |
| Pooya Naderi | Université de Picardie Jules Verne | Iran | French |
| Sebastian Raphael Heinz | TU München | Germany | French |
| Adrian Savcenco | State University of Moldova | Moldova | Russian |
| Cristina Cr?ciun | Hochschule Fulda University of Applied Sciences | Romania | Russian |
| Diana Marwan Khasawneh | Yarmouk University | Jordan | Russian |
| Ihor Kasianov | Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University | Ukraine | Russian |
| Kim Ngan Thi Le | Tomsk Polytechnic University | Vietnam | Russian |
| Mahinbonu Abdualievna Toshmatova | Khujand State University | Tajikistan | Russian |
| Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Petrenko | Odessa National Medical University | Ukraine | Russian |
| Sardor Khusanov | Tashkent Chemical-Technological Institute | Uzbekistan | Russian |
| Sheroz Juraev | Bologna University | Tajikistan | Russian |
| Yelyzaveta Dovhinka | National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy | Ukraine | Russian |
| Anindita Roy | Jawaharlal Nehru University | India | Spanish |
| Ellen Da Silva | Universidade de Brasília | Brazil | Spanish |
| Karla Drpic | University of Essex | Croatia | Spanish |
| Leonardo Alves | Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul | Brazil | Spanish |
| Luke McCluskey | Universidad Pontificia Comillas | Ireland | Spanish |
| Sammy Duncan Musungu | Universidad Nacional Experimental Fransisco de Miranda | Kenya | Spanish |
| Tallulah Matilda Doris Bur | University of Sydney | Australia | Spanish |
| Tijana ?upi? | Freie Universit?t | Serbia | Spanish |
| Tom Okot | Earth University | Uganda | Spanish |
| Xiaofeng Xu | University of Cambridge | China | Spanish |