The 34th Ministerial Conference of the International Organisation of La Francophonie was held in Paris on November 25 and 26 on the theme “New Economies: Blue Economy, Green Economy – New Drivers of Wealth Creation, social inclusion and sustainable development.”
This Conference was preceded on November 24 by a meeting of the Permanent Council of La Francophonie (CPF). The Ministerial Conference began with a minute of silence in memory of the victims of the terrible attacks in Mali and Egypt.
HE Mr Claude Cottalorda, Ambassador of the Principality of Monaco to France and Personal Representative of HSH the Sovereign Prince to the International Organisation of La Francophonie, referred to the total commitment of the Principality to the protection of the planet and, more particularly, of the seas and oceans.
On the first day of the conference, an extraordinary closed session on the violation of refugee rights in Libya was held between heads of delegation. After lively exchanges, the Ministers of the Member States recalled the importance of French-speaking values and adopted a Declaration on the theme “Migration and the protection of human rights against the threat of trafficking in human beings”.
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