France in Cyprus

Adopted in Paris on 10 December 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights created the foundation on which all the international mechanisms to defend human rights have been built. For France, this 70th anniversary is the opportunity to recall that human rights should be defended and strengthened everywhere in the world.

On Sunday morning, 11 November 2018, in order to celebrate the First World War centenary and to pay tribute to the French soldiers who died for France in Cyprus, the Defense Mission of the French Embassy organized a ceremony at the Roman Catholic cemetery in Larnaca.

During the First World War, men from around the world lost their lives on battlefields in northern and eastern France.
On 11 November 2018, more than 120 foreign dignitaries will meet in Paris to remember 1918 and consider the ways in which lessons learned during the war and over the past 100 years can help reshape today’s world.
For the first session of the Paris Peace Forum, dignitaries (...)

The first Paris Peace Forum will be held from 11 to 13 November 2018.
In response to the rising tensions in today’s world, the Forum is designed to be the annual meeting for projects, ideas and initiatives which effectively contribute to better international cooperation on the key global issues, fairer and more equitable globalization and a more effective multilateral system. Many Heads of (...)

Quai d’Orsay – Spokeperson statements – 5th September 2018