FRANCOPHONIE

Name:International Organization of the Francophonie
Former names:Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation (1970-1996)
Agency for the Francophonie (1996-1998)
Foundation date:20 March 1970
Headquarters:Paris (France)

ACTC flag 1970-1996
Flag of the Francophonie since 1997


Members of the Francophonie:
March 1970  
Belgium, Burundi, Canada, Chad, Dahomey (since 1975 - Benin), France, Gabon, Haiti, Ivory Coast, Luxemburg, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Togo, Tunisia, Upper Volta (since 1984 - Burkina Faso), Vietnam
June 1973   Lebanon
October 1973   Central African Republic
June 1976   Seychelles
December 1977   Comoros, Djibouti, Zaire (since 1997 - Democratic Republic of the Congo)
December 1979   Dominica, Guinea-Bissau, New Hebrides (since 1980 - Vanuatu)
March 1980   Mauritania
December 1981   Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Morocco, Saint Lucia
December 1983   Egypt
December 1989   Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar
December 1991   Cameroon, Laos
December 1993   Bulgaria, Cambodia, Rumania
December 1995   Sao Tome and Principe
February 1996   Moldavia, Switzerland
December 1996   Cape Verde

Associated members:
New Brunswick, Quebec



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