认识到土著语言国际年和国际土著语言十年的重要性，必须提请注意土著语言严重丧失问题以及保护、振兴和促进土著语言，并为此在国家和国际两级进一步采取紧急步骤，
Recognizing the importance of the International Year of Indigenous Languages and the International Decade of Indigenous Languages to draw attention to the critical loss of indigenous languages and the urgent need to preserve, revitalize and promote indigenous languages, and to take further urgent steps to that end at the national and international levels,