Meeting between Mr. Laurent Fabius and his German counterpart (Paris, May 14, 2014)
Cultural network update – Final of the Budding Ambassadors (Ambassadeurs en Herbe) program at UNESCO (May 13 to 14, 2014)
Meeting between Mr. Laurent Fabius and his German counterpart (Paris, May 14, 2014)
Mr. Laurent Fabius, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development, will tomorrow receive his German counterpart, Mr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
They will review the situation in Ukraine and the major international issues, including Syria and the Middle East peace process. They will also discuss the strengthening of French-German cooperation and the forthcoming joint initiatives, in accordance with the commitments made at the Franco-German Council of Ministers on February 19, 2014.
At the invitation of President Hollande, Mr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier will then attend the Council of Ministers alongside Mr. Laurent Fabius. This is the first time that a foreign minister of foreign affairs will attend the Council of Ministers, a sign of the vitality and exceptional trust that form the basis of French-German relations.
Cultural network update – Final of the Budding Ambassadors (Ambassadeurs en Herbe) program at UNESCO (May 13 to 14, 2014)
The final of the Budding Ambassadors (Ambassadeurs en Herbe) program set up by the Agency for French Education Abroad and co-sponsored by UNESCO will take place from May 13 to 14 at UNESCO’s headquarters in the presence of Ms. Annick Girardin, Minister of State for Development and Francophony, and Mr. Nicolas Hulot, Special Envoy of the President of the Republic of France for the Protection of the Planet.
The Budding Ambassadors competition, which was launched in 2013 throughout the network of French lycées abroad, involves oral debates on major international issues, promoting multilingualism, the art of public speaking and openness to others. This year, in anticipation of the 2015 Paris Climate Conference (COP 21) which is to be hosted by France next year, more than 13,000 students in 49 countries participated in debates on the topic of “Climate and responsibility.” The process to select fifty finalists involved several stages, with the aim of identifying teams by geographical area.
This initiative reflects the determination of the Agency for French Education Abroad, which coordinates a network of 488 schools in 130 countries and has more than 320,000 students of all nationalities, to implement educational activities that bring together all of the schools in order to collaborate on joint projects.
For further information:
http://www.delegfrance-unesco.org/