Assemblee des francophones fonctionnaires des organisations internationales
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Formation
| 21 March 2007
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Purpose
| Global network of French-speaking international civil servants
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Headquarters
| Rijswijk
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Official language
| French
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President
| Dominique Hoppe
(since 2007)
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Website
| http://www.affoi.org
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The
Assemblee des francophones fonctionnaires des organisations internationales
(
AFFOI
),
French
for the
Assembly of French speaking international civil servants
, is a global network of French-speaking international civil servants.
The Assembly was founded in
The Hague
in 2007 by representatives of the
United Nations
(UN),
[1]
the
International Court of Justice
(ICJ), the
International Criminal Court
(ICC), the
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
(OPCW), the
European Space Agency
(ESA),
Europol
and
Eurojust
, it is now represented in 57 international organisations.
The objective of the AFFOI is to defend linguistic, cultural and conceptual diversity in the functioning of
international organisations
.
[2]
The AFFOI has offices in cities with high density of international organisations -
The Hague
,
New York City
,
Washington
,
Geneva
,
Luxembourg
,
Brussels
,
Addis Ababa
. Its headquarters are located in
The Hague
,
Netherlands
.
History
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The Convention which created the Assembly of French speaking international civil servants was signed on March 21, 2007 by Judge
Bruno Cotte
from the ICC, Judge
Ronny Abraham
from the ICJ, Patrice Palanque, Director at OIAC,
Dominique Hoppe
, President of AFIF-PB, Michel Quille, Director of
Europol
, Gerard Loubens, General Prosecutor at
Eurojust
, and Jean Jacques Dordain, General Secretary of ESA.
Between 2007 and 2010, the Assembly progressively extended to almost all international organisations implemented in Europe.
Beginning 2011 the AFFOI has published its manifesto,
[3]
and created the "AFFOI for the youth".
[4]
a special unit that supports French speaking new graduates who want to work for an international organisation. In February 2011, the AFFOI became the fifth official operator of
francophonie
.
[5]
next to
TV5 MONDE
,
Universite Senghor
, the
Agence universitaire de la Francophonie
and the
Association internationale des maires francophones
. It is also the representative of the
Assemblee parlementaire de la Francophonie
(APF),
[6]
for all matters related to international organisations.
[7]
Worldwide
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