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	La Francophonie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		La Francophonie (formally l'Organisation internationale de la Francophonie; in English, "the International Organization of French-speaking Communities"[1]), a French-language term coined in 1880 by French geographer Onésime Reclus, brother of Elisée Reclus, to designate the community of people and countries using French, is an international organization of French-speaking countries and governments.
		The Permanent Council of the Francophonie consists of Ambassadors of the member countries, and, like the ministers conferences, its main task is to plan future summits and also to supervise the implementation of summit decisions on a day-to-day basis.
		In this regard, countries that are members of La Francophonie have contributed largely to the adoption by the UNESCO of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (October 20, 2005).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/La_Francophonie (714 words)

	Francophonie, La - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		FRANCOPHONIE, LA [Francophonie, La] officially the International Organization of the Francophonie, Fr.
		Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), an intergovernmental organization of French-speaking nations that promotes the education and culture of French speakers as well as peace, democracy, human rights, and economic cooperation and development in the French-speaking world.
		Founded in 1986 at an international conference in Paris, the organization has 51 members (48 nations and the French Community of Belgium, New Brunswick, and Quebec); a number of non-French-speaking nations are among its members.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-frncphnie.html (409 words)

	Hobart and William Smith Colleges :: Academic: Lecture - A New World Order?
		Although the term "Francophonie" appeared for the first time in 1880 in the writings of the French geographer Onésime Reclus to designate the network of places where French is spoken as a vehicular language, today the term is more flexible.
		After the word came the institution of "Francophonie," thanks to its illustrious founding fathers (Léopold Sédar Senghor, Habib Bourguiba and Hamani Diori) who, once their countries became independent, found in the French language the basis of a new type of relation with France and the francophone world.
		From Africa to America, from the Caribbean to the Indian ocean, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, Francophonie is spreading as a many-sided means of cooperation.
	www.hws.edu /academics/community/francophonie.asp (699 words)

	La Francophonie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fifty-three states and governments are members of the organization, four others are associate members, and ten additional states are invited observers of its Summits.
		In addition to referring to the international organization, La Francophonie may also be used to reference the worldwide community of those people whose native language or second language is French (i.e., the French Sprachraum).
		The official list of members is available at the La Francophonie website.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Francophonie (714 words)

	Proceedings of the conference on la Francophonie organized by the department of Justice may 21, 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Conference on La Francophonie was held, with this in mind, on May 21, 1999, with the aim of holding a dialogue and sharing its knowledge of La Francophonie.
		La Francophonie is defined "primarily as a network of 52 countries and governments that have French in common." He went on to say that this network "offers a window on the world, and tremendous opportunities for expanding our influence".
		Doucet, La Francophonie in the year 2000 could be a "Francophonie that is multilingual, multicultural and political, through support for the rule of law, democratization processes and economic development, rather than a Francophonie that splinters as a result of diminishing ties to the French language".
	canada.justice.gc.ca /en/ps/franc/frconf.html (4848 words)

	Canada in la Francophonie - Canadian Management of la Francophonie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Day-to-day responsibility for managing Canada's participation in la Francophonie has been assigned to the Francophonie Affairs Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, which coordinates all aspects of this participation at the departmental and interdepartmental levels.
		Canada's presence in la Francophonie is also supported by a small team in Paris, led by the National Correspondent for la Francophonie [Correspondant national pour la Francophonie], who manages Canada's relations with the various Paris-based organs of la Francophonie.
		In the federal government, management of international Francophonie matters is the responsibility of the Department of Foreign Affairs.
	dfait-maeci.gc.ca /foreign_policy/francophonie/cdn_management-en.asp (1661 words)

	THE FRANCOPHONIE GAMES
		The Francophonie group started in Versailles in 1986 as a movement to arrest the decline of French as an important language.
		La Francophonie met in Moncton in 1999 for the eighth Sommet des chefs d'État et de gouvernement des pays ayant le français en partage.
		The Francophonie Games will be held in Ottawa-Hull later this year at a cost of about 40 million Canadian dollars not counting CIDA expenses.
	jamesbredin.tripod.com /numbertwo/id14.html (612 words)

	La Francophonie
		The international Francophonie, which is essentially intended to be a multilateral entity, includes nearly one country out of four in the world, 55 states and governments covering five continents.
		Three new themes were added to the priority strategic activities of La Francophonie: the education and training sector promoted by Senegal, the host country; the environment (it was decided to hold a special Conference on this subject in Tunis in 1991); and democracy and the rule of law.
		The culminating point of this Summit was the adoption of a new institutional structure through the creation of a position of Secretary General of La Francophonie, the incumbent of which was to be elected for a four-year term by the Heads of State and Government at the Seventh Francophone Summit in Hanoi in 1997.
	www.pch.gc.ca /special/jeux2001/francophonie/francophonie-e.htm (1434 words)

	francophonie 2005
		The francophonie, it is initially of course a language shared by nearly 200 million men and women in the world, one of the ten languages most spoken on the few 2 000 languages practised on our planet.
		To promote these values, the French-speaking countries obtained a common organization whose seat is in Paris: the international Organization of francophonie (OIF), strong of fifty and one members, States and governments, and of five observant countries, gathering on the whole 500 woman and man million living on the five continents.
		But, so that the humans right and the practices democratic progress in francophonie, it is imperative that each government develops the teaching of the humans right and of the principles of the democracy with all the levels of the education systems.
	www.africa-ata.org /francophonie_2005.htm (1434 words)

	International Francophonie Games
		The Francophonie Games are unique in that they have competitions in the arts as well as in sports.
		Anthem of the Francophonie Games The Intergovernmental Agency of Francophonie, the International Committee of the Francophonie Games and International Radio France had organized in 1988 a contest which would make it possible to reveal the official anthem which would be most representative of the Francophonie Games.
		After the closing speech of the President of the CIJF, a brass band resounds then, with the accents of the anthem of the Francophonie Games, the flag of the Games is slowly lowered from the mast of honor and given for the representative of the next country host.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/int@ifg.html (865 words)

	9ème SOMMET de la FRANCOPHONIE, BEYROUTH - LIBAN 2001 2002 LEBANON Dialogue des Cultures IXth Summit Beirut
		Le secrétariat général de l'Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) a indiqué lundi dans un communiqué que, "compte tenu de la situation internationale qui a déjà entraîné une profonde modification du calendrier des grandes conférences internationales, il ressort que les chefs d'Etat et de gouvernement souhaitent ajourner d'une année le IXème sommet de la Francophonie".
		Le secrétariat général de l'Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) a indiqué dans un communiqué que, "compte tenu de la situation internationale qui a déjà entraîné une profonde modification du calendrier des grandes conférences internationales, il ressort que les chefs d'État et de gouvernement souhaitent ajourner d'une année le 9e sommet de la Francophonie".
		Il a expliqué que l’année de la francophonie, qui se limitait à 2001, s’étendrait à 2002 du fait de l’ajournement, invitant les divers acteurs et partenaires de ce sommet à rester mobilisés et à maintenir jusqu’à l’année prochaine l’ambiance qui règne au Liban et dans le monde dans l’attente des assises francophones.
	www.libanvision.com /sommet.htm (7757 words)

	flag of Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie flags, Fahnen, Flaggen, FOTW bei Nationalflaggen.de
		Note: The word francophonie, when used to confer a cohesion to the human group it defines, is often very controversial.
		The word Francophonie, with a Capital F, should be specifically reserved to the international organization called Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie.
		The flag of the OIF is white with an emblem made of five segments of a circle, red, blue, yellow, green and violet, which symbolize the five continents.
	www.nationalflaggen.de /flags-of-the-world/flags/int-frp.html (891 words)

	Canadian Jewish News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The government of Canada recently proposed to the leaders of La Francophonie that the State of Israel and the Palestinian Authority become members of the Paris-based organization, which is made up of some 55 countries and states that share French as a language.
		The third reason is that Canada believes membership of Israel and the Palestinian Authority in La Francophonie would be an asset in bringing the two opposing parties together.
		Canada is anxious to have La Francophonie boost the hope for peace in the Middle East, which we all share.
	www.cjnews.com /viewarticle.asp?id=7226 (935 words)

	Runner's & Triathlete's Web Athletics: Francophonie Follies Trumps Sports Funding
		That a country that thinks of itself as a first-world country asks athletes to pay their own expenses to represent Canada at one of the world premier international athletics events, is pathetic.
		When it comes to the Francophonie Games, funding is not a problem because the Federal Government (the same guys that brought us Adscam) is footing the bill, not only for the games, but also for a pre-event training camp.
		The Francophonie Games are the only sporting event for which the government directly pays the entire cost.
	www.runnersweb.com /running/news/rw_news_20050606_Francophonie.html (417 words)

	Francophonie
		Rappelons que le terme de «francophonie» provient bien évidemment du mot «français», une langue romane appartenant à la famille indo-européenne.
		Sur le plan de la francophonie mondiale, on compte présentement plus de 145 millions de personnes scolarisées en français dans le monde, tous les secteurs d'enseignements réunis (langue maternelle, langue seconde, langue étrangère).
		La Francophonie a pris un certain virage politique à Beyrouth en condamnant tout recours au terrorisme et appelé à la conclusion d'une convention générale pour contrer ce fléau.
	www.tlfq.ulaval.ca /axl/francophonie/francophonie.htm (5298 words)

	"Francophonie" opposes monolinguism in the EU \| European Union Innovation & Jobs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		On 15 January, the "Francophonie" executive committee issued a statement against the single use of English in the EU institutions and called on France not to ratify the London protocol on European patents.
		On 15 January, the Executive committee of the "Francophonie" (Assemblée parlementaire de la francophonie) released a Strasbourg Declaration warning over the decreasing use of French in the EU and the need to preserve linguistic diversity.
		The Executive committee of the "Francophonie" also called on France not to ratify the London protocol on the Convention on the grant of European patents.
	www.euractiv.com /en/governance/francophonie-opposes-monolinguism-eu/article-114393 (376 words)

	Québec’s relations ? Francophonie - ministère des Relations internationales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF: international organization of La Francophonie) is an international body that groups together 53 member states and governments and 10 observer states.
		The principles and obligations contained in the Bamako Declaration were reiterated at the second Francophonie and Democracy symposium, commonly referred to as “Bamako+5,” held from November 6 to 8, 2005.
		In the field of education, the Government of Québec encourages the activities of the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF: university agency of La Francophonie) by funding certain programs and the operations of the AUF’s Montréal headquarters.
	www.mri.gouv.qc.ca /en/francophonie/la_francophonie/la_francophonie.asp (1091 words)

	Académie française : La Francophonie
		Le terme de francophonie est passé en une vingtaine d’années d’une notion purement géographique à l’expression d’un ensemble politique volontariste.
		Au-delà de ces missions, la francophonie constitue un forum au sein duquel tous les États membres, quelle que soit leur importance, trouvent à s’exprimer, et leurs aspirations peuvent être efficacement relayées par la France auprès d’autres instances internationales.
		La francophonie représente un groupe de pression apte à défendre la place du français dans les organisations internationales et à s’opposer à l’uniformisation culturelle que cherche à imposer le monde anglo-saxon.
	www.academie-francaise.fr /langue/francophonie.html (723 words)

	Log Cabin Chronicles Peter Black's Francophonie Column
		That country, of course, is not Poland, Slovenia, or Ukraine, where the authentically French-speaking population might fit comfortably into the smoking section of a Montreal taverne.
		Have the Americans been excluded deliberately by the global francophonie establishment, snubbed by its director-general Bhutros Bhutros Gali, former boss of the U.N? Or have the White House, State Department and Congress decided the Francophonie is, er, beneath America as an international organization?
		Whatever the official political response is to the above, it's obvious the United States would be qualified for membership in la Francophonie on every count except perhaps a government commitment to favour the preservation and expansion of the use of French.
	www.tomifobia.com /black/francophonie.shtml (632 words)

	Canadian Francophonie - Educational Resources
		These colours represent the summer and winter in Ontario, the trillium is Ontario's official floral emblem and the fleur de lys reflects membership in the Francophonie around the world.
		The stylized fleur de lys represents the Francophonie, facing the sun represented by a yellow circle.
		The fleur de lys represents France, the stylized wild rose and the blue, Alberta, the white, the Francophonie, and the blue and white stripes, the waters and roads travelled by explorers and colonists.
	www.caslt.org /research/francoflags.htm (670 words)

	Embassy of France in the US - Francophonie
		It is also a special time to re-affirm the commitment of international Francophony to democracy and cultural and linguistic diversity.
		This celebration commemorates the foundation of Francophony on an institutional level on March 20, 1970.
		For all those who take part—governments, communities, associations, businesses, individuals—it is an opportunity to demonstrate, in a fun and convivial way, their devotion to the language that brings them together.
	www.info-france-usa.org /news/statmnts/2003/francophonie.asp (378 words)

	Espace Francophone - Francophonie
		In Moncton, Francophonie confirmed its ability to attract newcomers : three new observers were welcomed to the summit (Lithuania, Slovenia and the Czech Republic) while two observers acceded to Associated Member status (Macedonia and Albania).
		The Francophonie movement asserted itself as a privileged body for speaking openly on issues relating to human rights and processes that support democracy.
		On the occasion of their seventh meeting, the representatives of 49 Francophonie States and governments, who aimed to focus their attention on economic cooperation, in the end concentrated on conflict prevention in member countries and made a commitment to cooperate with the international community in order to guarantee the respect of human rights.
	www.espacefrancophone.org /en/francophonie/sommets.htm (1029 words)

	Francophonie growth brings concern for 'first circle' \| European Union Enlargement
		The 11th Francophonie Summit finished with a statement on Lebanon, Ivory Coast and the Darfur crisis and highlighted Francophonie tensions.
		This first official text of international law on trade in cultural goods was one of the main achievements of the Francophonie and showed the increasing political dimension of the organisation.
		Francophonie Secretary-General Abdou Diouf, said that OIF member countries are not seeking to defend French against English, but that “anyone should be able to speak his native tongue and at least one language of world circulation such as French or English”.
	www.euractiv.com /en/enlargement/francophonie-growth-brings-concern-circle/article-158443?Source=RSS (934 words)

	International Francophonie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Canada belongs to La Francophonie, a network of 56 States and Governments using French as a common language.
		Aware of the importance of the French fact at home and determined to contribute to its influence internationally, Canada was one of the first countries to promote La Francophonie by actively participating in the creation and development of its many institutions.
		While nationally, La Francophonie is a way to promote Canadian linguistic duality, assert and expand the French fact in Canada; externally, it is a natural area of influence for Canada, similar to its influence in the Americas through the Organization of American States (OAS) and in the English-speaking world through the Commonwealth.
	www.pch.gc.ca /progs/ai-ia/fi-if/index_e.cfm (313 words)

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