The Organisation internationale de la Francophonie is an international organization representing states and governments with a notable affiliation with French language and culture.
Flags of the Francophonie members
The Francophonie flag flying at the Parliament of Canada in Ottawa
Boutros Boutros Ghali 2002 International Women's Day at UNESCO
Abdou Diouf
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
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Boutros Boutros-Ghali was an Egyptian politician and diplomat who served as the sixth secretary-general of the United Nations from 1992 to 1996. Prior to his appointment as secretary-general, Boutros-
Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
…from 1989 until the formal creation of the Agence intergouvernementale de la Francophonie in 1997 with former Secretary-General of the United Nations Boutros Boutros-Ghali as the first secretary-general of La Francophonie. Abdou Diouf, the former president of the Republic of Senegal, became Secretary General on 1 January…
Boutros-Ghali in 1993
Boutros-Ghali (left) and Moshe Dayan at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, 1979
Boutros-Ghali, Klaus Schwab and Flavio Cotti at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, 1995
Boutros-Ghali with Naela Chohan at UNESCO in Paris, 2002