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Anne-Claire Legendre took up the position of consul general of France in New York on August 29, 2016. She is the first woman to hold this position. As consul general, Legendre is in charge of promoting the influence and appeal of France across the tri-state area of New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey, as well as Bermuda.
The French Republic has one of the world's largest diplomatic networks, and is a member of more multilateral organisations than any other country. [1] [2]France's permanent representation abroad began in the reign of Francis I, when in 1522 he sent a delegation to the Swiss.
Since 1991, the offices of the Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations have been located at One Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, 43rd and 44th floor in Manhattan, New York, at the corner of 2nd Avenue and 47th and 48th Streets, close to the United Nations Headquarters.
The French civil service (French: Fonction publique française) is the set of civil servants (fonctionnaires) working for the Government of France.. Not all employees of the state and public institutions or corporations are civil servants; however, the media often incorrectly equate "government employee" or "employee of a public corporation" with fonctionnaire.
France will close its diplomatic mission in Niger following this summer's coup d'etat in the West African nation and a souring of relations between the two countries, according to a letter sent to ...
Embassy 2019 [26] Mozambique: Embassy [a] 2002 Calabar Republic of China (Taiwan) Consulate 1997 [27] Kaduna United States: Consulate 1994 [28] Kano Polish People's Republic: Consulate 1988 [29] United Kingdom: Liaison Office 2014 Lagos Australia: Embassy branch office 2009 Austria: Consulate 2013 Belgium: Embassy branch office 2004 Chile ...
France also hosts the headquarters of international organizations, the most important being the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris, and the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. As such, several sending countries may have missions or ...
This is a list of diplomatic missions of Nigeria. Nigeria , the most populous African country and which has a large network of diplomatic missions. The country has significant influence in Africa and in various multilateral fora, including the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation , OPEC , the Commonwealth , and the African Union .