Category: France

France is extremely concerned by the Ugandan Constitutional Court’s decision to uphold the 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Act. It did, however, declare certain provisions unconstitutional. This law violates international human rights law and Uganda’s international commitments. The debate around this law and its adoption by the Parliament have fostered a climate of anti- LGBT+ violence and discrimination. […]

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France condemns in the strongest possible terms the Taliban’s recent decision to resume stoning women to death and inflicting corporal punishment upon them. This horrific decision comes in addition to the many other violations of fundamental rights and freedoms committed by the Taliban against Afghan women since they took power by force in August 2021. […]

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The following joint statement was released by the Governments of the United States and France as the second meeting of the U.S.-France Comprehensive Dialogue on Space. Pursuant to their shared goal of advancing bilateral space cooperation as declared by their leaders, the Government of the United States of America and the Government of France held […]

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The Ministers agreed to strengthen the bilateral cooperation between France and Kenya on climate and recalled the importance of taking concrete action in this critical decade to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement, emphasizing that 2025 will mark its’ 10th anniversary. They recognized their respective leadership in this endeavour. They recalled the objective of […]

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France is doing its utmost in order to allow any French nationals and government employees, as well as their families, to leave the Gaza Strip if they so wish. On Saturday, April 6, one new such operation allowed 17 relatives of French nationals to leave via Rafah. A total of over 260 people have now […]

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In 1904, the signing of the Entente Cordiale ended several centuries of rivalry between France and Britain, heralding a new era in relations between France and the UK. This set of agreements, signed in London on 8 April 1904, focused on foreign policy and particularly on colonial disputes and on fishing rights in Newfoundland. Although […]

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The Humanitarian Innovation call for projects (APIH) was launched in 2021 by the Humanitarian and Stabilization Operations Center (COHS) as an annual funding instrument, to encourage the establishment of high-impact underlying solutions that benefit the whole sector in order to improve the effectiveness of humanitarian action and emergency responses. It is aligned with the aims […]

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Q : In response to a popular initiative, Spain’s lower house of parliament agreed to draft a bill to legalize undocumented immigrants; this could potentially help hundreds of thousands of people. Given that a substantial number of migrants who arrive illegally in Spain from Africa subsequently move on to France, what is the French position […]

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Q : In response to a popular initiative, Spain’s lower house of parliament agreed to draft a bill to legalize undocumented immigrants; this could potentially help hundreds of thousands of people. Given that a substantial number of migrants who arrive illegally in Spain from Africa subsequently move on to France, what is the French position […]

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Q : Is France at all concerned by China’s aid for the Russian war effort in Ukraine? R : As we have consistently emphasized in our talks with the Chinese authorities, and as the [foreign] minister reiterated during his visit to Beijing on April 1, any support for the Russian war effort directly affects the […]

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