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• > Syria/chemical weapons – Statement by Mr Laurent Fabius, Minister of Foreign (...)

  

  Analyses demonstrate the presence of sarin gas in the samples in our possession. In view of this evidence, France is now certain that sarin gas has been used in Syria several times and in a localized (...)

• > International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition (...)

  

  France will commemorate the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition on May 10. It recalls that many people continue to be the victims of the slave trade and the worst forms of (...)

• > Statement issued by Laurent Fabius - World Press Freedom Day (May 3, (...)

  

  On this World Press Freedom Day, I would like to pay tribute to all journalists around the world who strive to uphold the duty to provide information and establish the truth, sometimes at the risk of their own (...)

• > Campaign for the universal abolition of the death penalty (April 12, (...)

  

  With two months to go before the World Congress on the Death Penalty due to take place in Madrid from June 12 to 15, 2013, France reaffirms its firm and constant opposition to the death penalty everywhere and under (...)

• > Abolition of the death penalty - A French commitment

  

  The death penalty is not justice, it is a failure of justice. The death penalty is not a useful instrument for fighting crime. The loss of human life it entails is irreparable, and no legal system is immune from (...)

• > Publication of a report by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (...)

  

  Excerpts from the daily press briefing by Vincent Floreani, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ deputy spokesman

• > Madrid Conference on Victims of Terrorism (July 9-10, 2012)

  Excerpts from the daily press briefing by Bernard Valero, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ spokesman.

• > Visit to France by Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi (June 26-29, (...)

  

  At the President’s invitation, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, a deputy in the Burmese Parliament and Chairperson of the National League for Democracy, is visiting France on June (...)

• > Election of Ms. Nicole Ameline to the UN Committee on the Elimination of (...)

  

  Excerpts from the daily press briefing by Bernard Valero, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ spokesman

• > Visit to France by Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi (June 26-29, (...)

  

  Myanmar/Burma - Excerpts from the daily press briefing by Bernard Valero, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ spokesman

• > International Day for Biological Diversity (May 22, 2012)

  

  Today is “International Day for Biological Diversity,” which commemorates the adoption of the Convention on Biological Diversity on May 22, 1992.

• > International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia (May 17, (...)

  

  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 Abolition (...)

  

  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 commemorates this (...)

• > World Press Freedom Day (May 3)

  

  On this World Press Freedom Day, my thoughts go first and foremost to Lucas Deloga, Gilles Jacquier and Rémi Ochlik, the French journalists and photographers killed in recent months while reporting in Tunisia and (...)

• > Security Council - The situation in the Middle East: statement by Mr Alain (...)

  

  Security Council - The situation in the Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities. Statement by Mr Alain Juppé, Ministre d’Etat, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs.

• > The Human Rights Prize of the French Republic (Dec. 10, 2011)

  

  Founded in 1988, the prize is awarded every year in complete independence by the French National Consultative Commission on Human Rights (CNCDH) and rewards human rights defenders around the (...)

• > 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day

  

  Women’s rights are a key priority of France’s external action to respect and protect human rights. France has been highly active in combating all forms of violence against women (sexual violence, domestic violence, (...)

• > Human Rights

  International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust and the Prevention of Crimes against Humanity (January 27, 2011) Statement issued by Michèle Alliot-Marie : On this International Day of (...)