World Hindi Secretariat
World Hindi Secretariat (WHS) (Hindi: विश्व हिन्दी सचिवालय, romanized: Viśva Hindī Sacivālaya) is an international organisation of nations and regions where Hindi is the first or customary language with significant proportion of population consisting of Hindi speakers and/or with notable affiliation with North Indian culture. WHS is focused on promoting Hindi as an international language and furthering the cause of recognition of Hindi as an official language of the United Nations.