• the United Nations
• UNESCO
• NATO
• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
• the International Labor Bureau
• the International Olympic Committee
• the 31-member Council of Europe
• the European Community
• the Universal Postal Union
• the International Red Cross
• Union of International Associations (UIA)

French is the dominant working language at

• the European Court of Justice
• the European Tribunal of First Instance
• the European Court of Auditors in Luxembourg.
• the Press Room at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium

French and the International Economy:

• French is the foreign language spoken by our largest trading partner ( Canada).
• The province of Quebec alone is the fifth largest trading partner of the United States with over $104 billion in trade in 2000.
• France has the fourth largest economy in the world after the U.S., Japan and Germany.
• French companies employ approximately 650,000 Americans. Among foreign countries doing business in the US, France employs the third largest number of Americans.
• French is one of the languages spoken in the US: 1.9 million Americans speak French in the home. (2000 US Census)
• France is the world's leader in the production of luxury goods.
• More tourists visit France than any other country in the world.
• France gives more foreign aid per capita to developing nations than does the US .