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• > 25th anniversary of the assassination of Dulcie September (29 March (...)

  25 years ago, Dulcie September, ANC representative in France, was assassinated in Paris.

• > International Women’s Day

  

  At both domestic and international level, France is fully committed to promote women’s rights and to fight against violence and discrimination, which is a priority of the external action of France in accordance with (...)

• > President Hollande welcomes Chairperson Dlamini-Zuma to Paris

  

  On Wednesday 14 November AU Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma was welcomed to Paris by President François Hollande. After their meeting the two leaders made a joint statement to the press, this statement (...)

• > Speech by M. François Hollande, President of the Republic, to the National (...)

  You’ve done me an honour by inviting me to speak in your National Assembly. I see it as doubly symbolic. It symbolizes firstly the vitality of your democracy, and secondly the special bond uniting our two countries. (...)

• > Ms. Dlamini-Zuma assumes her responsibilities as chairperson of the African (...)

  As she assumes her duties as chairperson of the African Union Commission, we renew the warm congratulations to Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma that the foreign minister had offered her when she was elected to that (...)

• > France welcomes EU’s Nobel peace award

  Through this distinction, every European can feel proud to belong to a union that has been able to make peace between peoples who for a long time were in conflict and build a community based on the values of (...)

• > “The death penalty : from moratorium to abolition”

  Mr. Laurent Fabius is making the universal abolition of the death penalty a priority of his action.

• > 20th Ambassadors’ Conference - Speech by President Hollande

  For the first time since my election, I am speaking to you at this Ambassadors’ Conference, which has become more than a ritual, a tradition, a meeting. It is because I know the role you play in defining and carrying (...)

• > French Presidency of the UN Security Council - August 2012

  Starting August first, France is presiding over the UN Security Council for one month.

• > Minister Yamina Benguigui to visit South Africa (22-25 July (...)

  Ms. Yamina Benguigui, Minister Delegate for Francophonie, attached to the Minister of Foreign affairs and the French President’s personal representative for Francophony will travel to South Africa from July 22 to 25 (...)

• > President Hollande wishes former President Nelson Mandela a happy (...)

  On Wednesday 18 July 2012 French President, Francois Hollande, sent a letter to the former South African President, Nelson Mandela to wish the iconic statesman a happy 94th birthday. President Hollande noted that (...)

• > 17 May - France celebrates the International Day against Homophobia and (...)

  On May 17 we will celebrate the 7th International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia. On this occasion we want to reaffirm the importance of the fight against the violations of human rights based on sexual (...)

• > National Day of Remembrance of the Slave Trade, Slavery and their (...)

  (May 10, 2012) To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the abolition of slavery, France decided in 2006 to establish a National Day of Remembrance of the Slave Trade, Slavery and their Abolition on May 10. France (...)

• > Latest statement on Sudan and South Sudan

  Excerpts from the daily press briefing by Bernard Valero, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ spokesman (Paris, 23rd April 2012) Sudan – Attack against a UNAMID patrol France condemns Friday’s attack against a (...)

• > Syria - Statement by Mr. Alain Juppé

  Today is the day that Kofi Annan was to say whether or not Damascus had immediately implemented the measures it had pledged to adopt : to cease troop movements toward cities, to end the use of heavy weapons against (...)

• > International Women’s Day – March 8, 2012

  On the occasion of International Women’s Day, France would like to reaffirm its commitment to promoting women’s rights and equality between men and women.

• > President Nicolas Sarkozy - New Year greetings to diplomatic (...)

  NEW YEAR GREETINGS TO THE FOREIGN DIPLOMATIC CORPS SPEECH BY NICOLAS SARKOZY, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC (Paris, 20 January 2012) Thank you for your kind words. Please convey my most respectful wishes to His (...)

• > ANC centenary : message from President Sarkozy

  French President Nicolas Sarkozy has sent a message to President Jacob Zuma on the occasion of the centenary of the ANC Mr President, Allow me to offer you my sincere congratulations on the centenary of the (...)

• > Official Statement- COP17

  A new stage in climate negotiations gets under way on Monday, November 28, in Durban. From November 28 to December 9, the 17th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is bringing (...)

• > Official Visit to South Africa of Alain Juppé Minister for Foreign and (...)

  

  The first day of the official visit by Minister Juppé has been concluded. After arriving early on Thursday morning Minister Juppé travelled to Johannesburg and met with the ANC Secretary General, Gwede Mantashe. After (...)

• > G20 France, new world new ideas

  

  The G20 summit starts today in Cannes, France. The G20 of Heads of State and Government was created at the end of 2008, on the initiative of France and Europe, to provide a coordinated and concerted response to (...)

• > Syria - Statement by Alain Juppé

  Paris, 5 October 2011 Syria/United Nations Security Council resolution Statement by Alain Juppé, Ministre d’Etat, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs The Security Council could not remain silent in the (...)

• > Syria - Joint declaration to the press by Ambassadors or France, Germany, (...)

  4 October 2011 France, Germany, Portugal and UK are all deeply disappointed, by Russia’s and China’s decisions to veto the resolution that we submitted to the Security Council this evening. The tabling of this (...)

• > Security Council - Syria - Explanation of vote by Mr. Gérard Araud, (...)

  4 October 2011 Unofficial translation More than 2,700 civilian victims. Tens of thousands of demonstrators held in Syrian prisons. More than 10,000 Syrian refugees in Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. That is the (...)

• > Minister Juppé Interview on Al Jazeera

  22 September 2011 Q : Minister, hello. Let’s start with the Palestinian issue ; what is France’s position exactly ? We want to relaunch the negotiations in order to reach an agreement ; this is the only way to (...)

• > Speech by President Sarkozy at the High Level Meeting on Libya

  20 september 2011 Mr. Secretary-General, Ladies and Gentlemen, I will make just a few brief remarks. The early 21st century hasn’t offered us many pleasant surprises. Ever since the century began, we’ve had nothing (...)

• > Statement by President Sarkozy from Tripoli

  Tripoli, 15 September 2011 First of all I’d like to say, on behalf of the French delegation, how touched Alain Juppé and I are by the Libyan people’s welcome. Of course, our commitment alongside the Libyan people (...)

• > Horn of Africa Famine - Update of French Activity

  Paris, 5 September 2011 While the famine in the Horn of Africa is worsening, France is continuing to take concerted action. France announced on 1 August that she would triple her bilateral emergency assistance, (...)

• > Libya - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, CHAIRMAN’S CONCLUSIONS

  INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN SUPPORT OF THE NEW LIBYA CHAIRMAN’S CONCLUSIONS Paris, 1 September 2011 With the fall of Colonel Gaddafi certain, the participants paid tribute to the victims of the brutal repression (...)

• > 19th Ambassadors’ Conference – Speech by Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the (...)

  Paris, 31 August 2011 Mr. Prime Minister, Mr. President of the Senate, Mr. President of the National Assembly, Mr. Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Ministers, Parliamentarians, Ambassadors, Ladies (...)

• > Lybia-Syria : Joint press conference Nicolas Sarkozy/Mahmoud (...)

  I.- STATEMENTS BY NICOLAS SARKOZY, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, AT HIS JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE WITH MAHMOUD JIBRIL, PRIME MINISTER OF THE LIBYAN NATIONAL TRANSITIONAL COUNCIL (EXCERPTS) Paris, 24 August 2011 (...)

• > Syria - Statement on the adoption of new European sanctions

  Paris, 24 August 2011 Yesterday, as we wanted, the European Union adopted a fifth round of sanctions against 15 individuals and five entities involved in the crackdown in Syria. This decision is in line with the (...)

• > Libya - Telephone conversation between Sarkozy and Obama

  Paris, 23 August 2011 President Sarkozy has today held a long conversation with the United States President. On Libya, they welcomed the decisive progress achieved over recent days by the forces of the NTC (...)

• > Libya - INTERVIEW GIVEN BY ALAIN JUPPÉ, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AND EUROPEAN (...)

  Q. - Did French forces take part militarily in the battle for Tripoli ? THE MINISTER - No, of course not. We’re not on the ground ; that’s clear ; we’ve said so from the outset. We respected the rules set by the (...)

• > Libya - Communiqué issued by French Presidency

  Paris, 22 August 2011 With developments in the military situation on the ground and the increasing number of defections from his side confirming that the end of Gaddafi and his regime is now inevitable and (...)

• > Libya – Statement by Alain Juppé, Ministre d’Etat, Minister of Foreign and (...)

  Paris, 22 August 2011 End of a dictatorship Yes, we took risks in Libya, at both diplomatic and military level. It was France who was the architect of UNSCR 1973. We – with our British friends in particular – were (...)

• > Statement on the death of Anton Hammerl

  The Embassy of France notes with sadness and shock the announcement of Anton Hammerl’s death in Libya, the latest in a growing list of journalists killed there. At this time our thoughts are with the Hammerl Family (...)

• > President Sarkozy speech on slavery

  There were millions of them; They were put in chains; They were deported from one continent to another; They were beaten; They were enslaved. This lasted centuries. They had everything taken from them: their (...)

• > The Arab spring - Interview given by French Foreign Minister Alain Juppé to (...)

  Paris, 14 May 2011 SYRIA/LEBANON Q. – For my first question, I’ll start with the broad headings of Syria and Lebanon. In an interview with the “New York Times” yesterday, Bashar al-Assad’s cousin, Rami Makhlouf, says (...)

• > Malian musician and singer Habib Koite to perform at Africa (...)

  Now celebrating its 48th anniversary, Africa Day marks the establishment of the Organisation of African Unity (now known as the African Union) on May 25 1963. Today, Africa Day serves as a day to celebrate African (...)