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PETTIGREW TO ATTEND SEVENTH CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF LA FRANCOPHONIE IN BORDEAUX
February 15, 1996 No. 20
PETTIGREW TO ATTEND SEVENTH CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF
LA FRANCOPHONIE IN BORDEAUX
The Minister for International Co-operation and Minister Responsible for la
Francophonie, Pierre S. Pettigrew, will attend the Seventh Conference of Ministers
of la Francophonie in Bordeaux, France, on February 16 and 17.
"I am pleased to attend this conference," said Mr. Pettigrew. "As the new
Minister Responsible for la Francophonie, I want to take this opportunity to meet
my counterparts from around the world and to ensure the continuity of Canadian
foreign policy in this organization."
The Conference will bring together ministers responsible for foreign affairs or la
Francophonie from all member countries. It has the twofold task of sitting as the
general conference of the Agency for Cultural and Technical Co-operation (ACCT)
and as the follow-up conference to the Cotonou Summit, which was held in Benin in
December 1995.
The Bordeaux Conference will thus study the ACCT's balance sheet and programming
for the two years following the Mauritius Summit (1993-95), and will examine the
Agency's financial and programming proposals for follow-up to the Cotonou Summit
(1995-97). The Conference will also review the Cotonou Summit's key decisions and
announce plans for their implementation.
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