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  UNHCR - AWARD OF NANSEN MEDAL FOR 1979 TO MR. VALERY GISCARD D'ESTAING PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, Statement ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
VALERY GISCARD D'ESTAING PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC
The French authorities' part in the establishment of this organization, the preparation of its statute and the definition of its responsibilities, was commensurate with France's unremitting interest in the task of providing assistance to refugees.
President, we are all aware of the vital role played in the reception and resettlement of refugees by a number of French voluntary organizations, whose names are familiar to all and who have no need of further commendation.
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 EMILE FRANCOIS LOUBET - LoveToKnow Article on EMILE FRANCOIS LOUBET   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
At the Auteuil steeplechase in June the president was struck on the head with a cane by an anti-Dreyfusard.
The French ambassador was recalled from the Vatican in April, 1905, and in July the separation of church and state was voted in the Chamber of Deputies.
President Loubet was a typical example of the peasant-proprietor class, and had none of the aristocratic, not to say monarchical, proclivities of President Faure.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LO/LOUBET_EMILE_FRANCOIS.htm   (764 words)

  
 Constitution of the French Republic - October 27 1946 -
The President of the Republic is elected by the Parliament.
The President of the Republic presides the Council of the ministers.
The Assembly of the French union is invested with the bills and the proposals of law that have been submitted to it for the opinion from the National Assembly, or from the Government of the French Republic, or from the Governments of associated States.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/President of the French Republic
The President of the French Republic (Président de la République française in French), coloquially referred to as President of France, is France's elected Head of State.
The president may grant a pardon (but not an amnesty) to convicted criminals; the president can also lessen or suppress criminal sentences; this was of crucial importance when France had the death penalty.
The constitutional attributions of the president are defined in Title II of the Constitution of France.
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 President of France   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The President of France known officially as the President of the Republic (Président de la République in French) is France 's elected Head of State.
Unlike many other European presidents the office the French President is quite a powerful especially in matters of foreign policy although it is the prime minister and his gouvernement that are formally expected to run country.
Article 18 The President of the Republic shall with the two assemblies of Parliament by of messages which he shall cause to read and which shall not be the for any debate.
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 G8 - Sommet Evian Summit 2003 - Working Meeting on the G8 between the President of the French Republic and Business
The President of the Republic noted the current economic uncertainty and stressed that the primary goal of the Evian Summit should be to send a message of growth and demonstrate the will of the Eight to work together on suitable economic policies and structural reforms to stimulate recovery and long-term growth.
The President of the Republic stated his ambition for the Eight meeting in Evian to reaffirm the values underlying the responsible free-market economy and based on principles of corporate governance, absence of conflicts of interest, and social and environmental responsibility.
The President of the Republic stressed that the solidarity effort is a moral imperative, a political imperative and an economic investment.
www.g8.fr /evian/english/navigation/news/previous_news/french_presidency_consultations/working_meeting_on_the_g8_between_the_president_of_the_french_republic_and_business.html   (846 words)

  
 MARIE EDME PATRICE MAURICE DE MACMAHON - LoveToKnow Article on MARIE EDME PATRICE MAURICE DE MACMAHON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
MACMAHON, MARIE EDME PATRICE MAURICE DE, duke of Magenta (18o8I 893), French marshal and president of the French republic, was born on the 13th of July 1808 at the chteau of Sully, near Autun.
On the resignation of Thiers as president of the Republic, on the 24th of May 1873, MacMahon was elected to the vacant office by an almost unanimous vote, being supported by 390 members out of 392.
The president consented, but in a message to the Assembly be declared in favor of a confirmation of his own powers fot seven.
19.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MA/MACMAHON_MARIE_EDME_PATRICE_MAURICE_DE.htm   (1322 words)

  
 Telegraph | Opinion | Notebook
The President of the French Republic attended a burst water-main
The President of the French Republic told the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh that they knew full well that he had always hated the show and that it was proof of French good taste that it had been running for a generation in London and had flopped in Paris.
The Duke of Edinburgh told the President of the French Republic that, according to what he read about crooked French politicians, the President of the French Republic would by that time be in prison.
www.telegraph.co.uk /opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2004/11/20/do2006.xml   (446 words)

  
 Embassy of France in the U.S. - Marianne
Marianne is considered as the most prominent depiction of the French Republic.
This data was gathered from numerous interviews and consultations conducted by Sofres (the French survey institute) in January 1999, with the general public and public servants.
It emerged that the French are deeply committed to the fundamental values of the Republic and expect an impartial and efficient State to be the guarantor of the principles of liberty, equality and fraternity.
www.info-france-usa.org /atoz/marianne.asp   (755 words)

  
 President of the Republic of Lithuania - Official Visit of French President Jacques Chirac to Vilnius, 26-27 July 2001
Presidents of France and Lithuania discussed the issues of bilateral co-operation in the fields of politics, economy, defence, culture, science and education as well as Euroatlantic integration, defence and security.
President Chirac welcomed Lithuania’s progress in the EU integration process and its efforts to catch-up with the first wave of candidate countries.
The Presidents of Lithuania and France underscored the importance of the agreement concerning the Lithuanian embassy in Paris.
www.adamkus.lt /en/one.phtml?id=2247   (484 words)

  
 Press Communiqué 2000/7 - Visit of the President of the French Republic to the International Court of Justice   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Jacques Chirac, President of the French Republic, was received today by the International Court of Justice at the Peace Palace in The Hague, seat of the Court.
The French presence, he stressed, however, was "not purely intellectual", since the Palace had been constructed to a design by an architect from Lille, Louis Cordonnier, and a painting by a French artist, Albert Besnard, illustrating the ideal of peace through justice adorned the Great Hall of Justice.
The President of the French Republic pleaded in favour of a more systematic recourse to the Court, stressing that "States encumbered by longstanding disputes unable to be resolved by negotiation should be firmly encouraged to refer their cases" to it.
www.icj-cij.org /icjwww/ipresscom/IPress2000/ipresscom2000-07_VisitofPresidentFrenchRepublic_20000229.htm   (647 words)

  
 Mr. Jacques chirac, President of the French Republic, visits the International Criminal Tribunal for the former ...
The visit of Jacques Chirac, President of the French Republic, on Tuesday 29 February 2000 was the first ever to the Tribunal by the Head of State of a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.
President Chirac met with the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, His Excellency, Judge Claude Jorda, as well as with the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and for Rwanda (ICTR), Mrs.
A larger meeting was held between the presidential delegation and a delegation of the Tribunal attended by all the Judges, the Registrar, the Deputy Prosecutor and the Deputy Registrar.
www.un.org /icty/pressreal/p473-e.htm   (480 words)

  
 The President of the Republic of Estonia: 06.05.2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The President of the Republic of Estonia: 06.05.2002
The President of the Republic congratulated the President of the French Republic
The President of the Republic is at the eastern border
www.president.ee /en/chronology?kpv=06.05.2002   (95 words)

  
 French Polynesia - Country information - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
French Polynesia was also enabled to negotiate and sign in its own right administrative arrangements and regional cooperation agreements with countries in the Pacific region.
French Polynesia is a parliamentary democracy, with a 57-member assembly and an executive headed by a president elected by a simple majority vote within the assembly.
The French Government is represented in French Polynesia by a High Commissioner, currently responsible for police and justice, monetary policy, tertiary education, immigration, and defence and foreign affairs.
www.dfat.gov.au /geo/french_polynesia/polynesia_brief.html   (1702 words)

  
 Closing speech by jacques CHIRAC, President of the French Republic, to the French Ambassador's Conference. - Website of ...
Closing speech by jacques CHIRAC, President of the French Republic, to the French Ambassador's Conference.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the transition process remains vulnerable to a variety of attempts at internal and external destabilization but is the only lasting solution to the crisis.
French businesses are in the forefront of global competition in many areas.
www.elysee.fr /elysee/anglais/speeches_and_documents/2004/closing_speech_by_jacques_chirac_president_of_the_french_republic_to_the_french_ambassador_s_conference.22085.html   (3936 words)

  
 ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Côte d'Ivoire: Agreement & Conclusions of the Conference of Heads of State
At the invitation of the President of the French Republic, a round table of Ivoirian political forces met at Linas-Marcoussis from 15 to 23 January 2003.
At the invitation of the President of the French Republic, Mr.
The Conference was chaired jointly by the President of the French Republic, Mr.
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 Search Results for Dreyfus - Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
French army officer whose trial for treason began a 12-year controversy, known as the Dreyfus Affair, that deeply marked the political and social history of the French Third Republic.
sixth president of the French Third Republic, whose presidency (Jan. 15, 1895 to Feb. 16, 1899) was marked by diplomatic conflicts with England, rapprochement with Russia, and the continuing problem...
French novelist, critic, and political activist who was the most prominent French novelist of the late 19th century.
www.britannica.com /search?query=Dreyfus&submit=Find&source=MWTAB   (255 words)

  
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The President of the Republic of Uruguay: Minister Plenipotentiary His Excellency Luis Garabelli, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plen- potentiary of the Republic of Uruguay near His Majesty the King of the Belgians.
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 MacMahon, Marie Edmé Patrice de on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
He was governor-general (1864-70) of Algeria and a commander in the Franco-Prussian War, taking part in the battle resulting in the great defeat of the French at Sedan (1870).
A monarchist, he was chosen by the monarchist majority in the national assembly to succeed Adolphe Thiers in 1873 as president of France for a seven-year term.
This reluctance, as well as dissension among the monarchists, served to preserve the Third Republic, and France received its new constitution in the organic laws of 1875.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/M/MacM1ahon.asp   (382 words)

  
 Imaginary letter from the President of the French Republic to American writers
I imagined that the head of the State explains himself on this point in a letter to the American writers in which he exposes his philosophy of literary creation to them, his vision of history, his comprehension of relationships between literature and politics, literature and the idea of justice.
For a President of a State to address the foremost writers of a foreign power, there is no precedent.
It is in order to help you to answer this question in your heart and conscience that I obey to my duty of President of the Republic of the rights of reason to speak to you also in my heart and conscience about the spirit of our literature.
perso.wanadoo.fr /aline.dedieguez/tstmagic/guerre/lettreanglais.htm   (3123 words)

  
 UNODC - Bulletin on Narcotics - 1973 Issue 2 - 001
The President of the French Republic, who is particularly concerned about social problems affecting youth felt the need to try and give a new impetus to action against drug addiction.
Pompidou, President of the French Republic, has instructed our delegation to inform the members of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs of the purport of his message of 6 August 1971 to the Heads of Government of the countries of the European Economic Community and to the British Prime Minister.
The President of the French Republic stated that, in view of the fact that the freedom of movement between the countries of European Economic Community facilitates traffic and supply, it is quite natural that our first co-ordination proposals should be directed towards those countries.
www.unodc.org /unodc/en/bulletin/bulletin_1973-01-01_2_page002.html   (2785 words)

  
 Treaty between the United States of America and Mexico relating to the waters of the Rio Grande   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The French Republic shall carry out the works at the Gambsheim barrage described in annex I to this Convention, with the exception of the hydroelectric plant and its appurtenant works.
The French Republic shall be superintendent of works for the port of Strasbourg; the Federal Republic of Germany shall be superintendent of works for the port of Kehl.
The French Republic shall bear the costs relating to installations for the protection and adaptation of the port of Strasbourg; the Federal Republic of Germany shall bear such Costs relating to the port of Kehl.
www.internationalwaterlaw.org /RegionalDocs/Rhine_River1969.htm   (5100 words)

  
 Jacques Chirac
Elected President of the French Republic in 1995 and 2002.
Jacques Chirac was a collaborator of French Presidents Georges Pompidou in the 1960s and Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in the 1970s.
He ran for President without success in 1981, 1988, and was elected in 1995 and 2002.
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 The Legion of Honour 1802 to 2002-11-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Admission to the National Order of the Legion of Honour and promotions to a higher grade are subject to the limitations laid down for each class in a decree issued by the President of the Republic for a period of three years.
Appointments to the Legion of Honour or promotions to a higher grade are the prerogative of the President of the Republic at the instigation of the ministers.
At the centre of the star, there is a golden medallion bearing the symbolic image of the French Republic surrounded by a blue circle with the words “République Française” (French Republic) and “1870”.
www.nato.int /structur/airnorth/gazette/legion_of_honour2_rev.htm   (685 words)

  
 G8 - Sommet Evian Summit 2003 - Interview of the President of the French Republic Jacques Chirac for The Financial Times
Jacques Chirac is in conciliatory mood as he prepares to host next weekend's summit of the Group of Eight major industrial nations at the lakeside town of Evian.
French diplomacy, of which Mr Chirac is the prime architect and executor, will be on very public display and trial.
It will the first time President George W.Bush sets foot on French soil since France came to be reviled in Washington for opposing the use of force to overthrow Saddam Hussein.
www.g8.fr /evian/english/navigation/news/news_update/interview_of_the_president_of_the_french_republic_jacques_chirac_for_the_financial_times.html   (1321 words)

  
 TAK / Home / Reportage / Open Letter of Ukrainian University Presidents to Mr. Jacques ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Their fight in favour of President Victor Yushchenko has been ours for the past 13 years, in the name of freedom, truth and Human Rights.
President, on the eve of the meeting in the Hague between the European Union and the Russian Republic, we solemnly address you in the hope that the French government will vigorously condemn the massive fraud organised in Ukraine and will support President Yushchenko, democratically elected by the Ukrainian people.
Ivan Vakarchuk, Rector of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv and President of the Rectors’ Council of Lviv Region.
www.ucu.edu.ua /tak/eng/news/article;734   (502 words)

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