Chinese Language Day marked in Geneva

STORY: Chinese Language Day marked in Geneva SHOOTING TIME: April 23, 2024 DATELINE: April 24, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:43 LOCATION: GENEVA, Switzerland CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the event 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TATIANA VALOVAYA, Director-general of the UN in Geneva 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): CHEN XU, Permanent representative of China to the UN office at Geneva and other international organizations in Switzerland 4. various of the concert 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): AIIREZA JEYRANI HOKMABAD, Minister counsellor of the permanent mission of Iran in Geneva STORYLINE: At the Palais des Nations in Geneva, a concert featuring Chinese classical and folk music marked the 15th United Nations Chinese Language Day celebrations. Renowned artists Mo Juanjuan and Zhang Zhiming from Hunan, China, enchanted nearly 400 guests with their performances at the UN meeting hall. Titled "A Panorama of Hunan Province -- A Concert of Traditional Chinese Instruments in Celebration of the UN Chinese Language Day Prog

SWITZERLAND-GENEVA-UN CHINESE LANGUAGE DAY

SWITZERLAND-GENEVA-UN CHINESE LANGUAGE DAY

(230420) -- GENEVA, April 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tatiana Valovaya, director-general of the UN Office at Geneva, speaks at the opening of an exhibition to mark UN Chinese Language Day in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 20, 2023. The United Nations (UN) Office at Geneva hosted an exhibition of paintings of the Song Dynasty (960-1279), part of the Great Collection of Chinese Paintings, on Thursday to mark the annually observed UN Chinese Language Day. (Xinhua/Lian Yi)