2006

• January

  • Letter from Mr. Jacques CHIRAC, President of the Republic, addressed to Mr. Stephen HARPER, Prime Minister-designate of Canada
  • Terrorist violence in Kandahar (Afghanistan)
  • Iranian nuclear issue
  • Reaction of M. Jacques Chirac, President of the Republic, following the release of a French national held in Iraq
  • New year greetings
  • Canadian Launch of "Hypnose" at the French Embassy
  • Keskinada Loppet 2006 : the largest cross-country ski event in Canada

• February

  • Why that Paris trip will cost a little more
  • Studying in France
  • French Book News
  • Cartoons - Statement made by M. Jacques Chirac, President of the Republic, at the Council of Ministers’ meeting
  • Air-Ticket Solidarity Contribution
  • May 10th, Annual Day of Remembrance for Slavery in France
  • Conference “Law and the fight against terrorism: 20 years of French experience”
  • France decorated Mme Fisher on February 6th, 2006

• March

  • " France: a paradise for foreign investors?"
  • CPE - Statement broadcast by M. Jacques Chirac, President of the Republic
  • World Water Day 2006: Water and Culture
  • World Water Forum (Mexico, 16th-22nd March 2006)
  • 8th Ottawa Film Festival
  • Visit of Mr. Douste-Blazy to Canada (March 16-17, 2006)
  • International Women’s Day : the role of women in decision-making

• April

• May

  • Press conference : “France in the world: culture, language, education, development: What is going to change”
  • The head chef of the Embassy of France decorated

• June

  • Public awareness campaign for the international drug purchase facility (IDPF/UNITAID)
  • Musée du Quai Branly

• July

  • Visit of Canadian Prime minister in France
  • France at the presidency of the Security Council in July

• August

• September

  • The Year of Canada in Nice
  • The Légion d’Honneur Awarded to Canadian Veterans
  • France and the veterans
  • TGV celebrates 25 years !
  • "Biodiversity in European Development Cooperation" Conference (Paris, September 19 to 21, 2006)
  • The President of CATSA decorated by France
  • Lycee Claudel : Beginning of classes carried forward to September 5th

• October

  • “Femmes 3000” trophies awarded to two French women in Canada
  • France is the 3rd host developed country for foreign investments flows (2006)
  • Jean-Yves Empereur’s Conference
  • Nuclear test in North Korea
  • Saint-Pierre et Miquelon : French-Canadian working group in Ottawa

• November

  • NATO Summit (Riga, November 28 and 29, 2006)
  • Darfur crisis
  • European Union Film Festival 2006
  • Nairobi conference on climate change : France and the fight against global warming

• December

  • France moving forward
  • France 24 : 24hr international news channel
  • Presentation and History of the Légion d’Honneur

• Air ticket solidarity contribution

  • Introduction
  • Why introduce international solidarity levies?
  • A simple, equitable and economically neutral tool
  • One response to the public health challenges facing developing countries

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