Union Minister of State for Women and Child Development, Savitri Thakur was the Guest of Honour in the event. In her address, Thakur recalled about the initiation of the World Hindi Day on January 10, 2006.
India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ruchira Kamboj handed over a cheque to Melissa Fleming, Under Secretary General of the United Nations Department of Global Communications towards the expansion of usage of the Hindi language in the United Nations.