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January 16-17, 2006 (Paris, France)
~ At their annual meeting, the members of the Haut Conseil de la Francophonie unanimously endorsed health as a fundamental human right by signing the Right to Health Call to Action, a joint initiative of Professor Paul Hunt, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health, and Mary Robinson, President of Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative.
The Haut Conseil add their names to the list of signatories which
already includes forty former heads of state, international
organization officials, and civic and church leaders. The Right to
Health Call to Action has also been endorsed by several prominent NGOs
working on health and human rights around the world, including Save the
Children UK, Physicians for Human Rights, FXB International, Medact,
International Women?s Health Coalition, Amnesty International, IFFHRO,
Medecins du Monde and others. (Read the statement in English or French).
The
Haut Conseil de la Francophonie is an independent, advisory group of 30
to 40 leaders chosen for their independence and support of French
language and culture. Membership reflects the cultural and geographic
diversity of the Francophone world.
Members of the Haut Conseil de la Francophonie include:
- Abdou Diaf, Secretary General of the Francophonie, President of the Haut Conseil de la Francophonie
- Dora Bakoyannis, Mayor of
Athens
- Mohamed Bedjaoui, Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the
Republic
of
Algeria
- Abdelouahed Belkeziz, former secretary general, Organization of the Conference of Islam
- F?lix Bikoi, President, Association of French teachers in
Africa
and the
Indian Ocean
- Boutros
Boutros-Ghali, former Secretary-General of the United Nations; former
president, Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
- Dee Dee Bridgewater, singer and actress
- Michel Camdessus, Honorary Governor, Banque de France; former Director-General of the International Monetary Fund
- Jacques Chancel, journalist, writer, director of Canal +
- Fran?ois Cheng, writer and member, Acad?mie fran?aise
- Emil Constantinescu, former President of the
Republic
of
Romania
- Bernard Dadi?, writer, former Minister of Culture of the
Ivory Coast
- Moussa Daf, Chaired Professor of French, University Cheikh Anta Diop (
Dakar
,
Senegal
)
- Paulin Houtondji, Director,
Africa
Center
for Higher Education in
Porto-Novo
; former Minister of Culture of Benin
- Jean-Marie Klinkenberg, Professor,
Lieges
University
; Vice President, High Council for French language speakers in
Belgium
- Alpha Oumar Konar?, former President of the
Republic
of
Mali
; President of the African Union Commission
- Pierre-Etienne Laporte, linguist, former deputy of the national assembly of
Quebec
(
Canada
)
- Andrei Makine, writer
- Justine Mintsa, writer; Secretary-General,
International
Center
for Bantu Civilizations
- Jocelyn Nadeau, Director of Information Technologies,
Moncton
University
(
New Brunswick
,
Canada
)
- Erik Orsenna, writer, member of the Acad?mie Fran?aise
- Idrissa Ouedraogo, filmmaker
- Hisashi Owada, Judge, International Court of Justice
- Dario Pagel, President, International Federation of French Teachers
- Yvette Rabetafika Ranjeva, Permanent Representative of
Madagascar
to UNESCO
- Luan Rama, writer, former Ambassador of the
Republic
of
Albania
to
France
- Mary Robinson,
President, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative;
former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; former President of
Ireland
- Ghassan Salame, Advisor to the UN Secretary General; former Minister of Culture of Lebanon
- Adama Samassekou, President of the
African
Academy
of Languages, President of the Committee for the High Level
Summit
on Information Societies (Geneva 2003-Tunis 2005)
- Guy-Olivier Second, President, Global Fund for Digital Solidarity
- Keith Spicer, Director, Institute of Media, Peace and Security, Peace University of the United Nations
- Mario Soares, former President of Portugal; member of the Council of the State of Portugal
- Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard, writer, former minister of Culture of Congo
- Denis Tillinac, writer, President, Les Editions de la Table Ronde
- Marie-Claude Tjibaou, President, Agency for the Development of the Kanak Culture of
New Caledonia
- Nu-Thi-Ninh Ton, Deputy Vice President, Commission for Foreign Affairs of the National Assembly of
Vietnam
- Roger Toumson, Professor of Comparative Literature,
University
of
Guyana
and
West Indies
- Cassam Uteem, former President of the
Republic
of
Mauritius
- Dominique Wolton, Director of Research, Centre National Fran?ais de la Recherche Scientifique
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