India aiming for Hindi recognition at UN - Sify.com:

"New Delhi: India is making an all out efforts for getting Hindi recognised as the seventh official language at the United Nations.

The issue was discussed at a meeting convened by External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha with the officials of his Ministry.
The meeting constituted a task force, led by Minister of State for External Affairs Digvijay Singh, for a follow-up action on the efforts to get Hindi recognised at the UN.

The task force will draw up a list of the countries which could be targetted for support in this regard.

The committee would also get in touch with the Indian diaspora to get its support on the issue.

Presently, English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Arabic are the six languages recognised by the UN.

The support of 96 countries will be needed out of a total 190 members of the UN for getting Hindi recognised as the seventh official language by the world body. "