History

• A visit o the Quai d’Orsay
• From the Louvre to the Quai d’Orsay
• From the telegraph to Internet
• 150th anniversary of the treaty of Paris and the Quai d’Orsay

Ministers

• Bernard Kouchner
• Jean-Pierre Jouyet
• Alain Joyandet
• Rama Yade

Activities and budget

• Budget

Ministry’s missions

• The Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs in numbers
• Processing information
• Co-ordination
• Decision
• Execution
• Communication
• Administration
• Speech by the President of the French Republic to the Diplomatic Corps on the occasion of the New Year (18.01.08)
• “White paper” on France’s foreign and European policy (04.10.07)

Structure of the central administration

• Organization chart
• The higher management
• Directorate general for policy and security
• Military and defence cooperation directorate (DCMD)
• Directorate general for international co-operation and development
• Directorate of economic and financial affairs
• Europe and the geographic divisions
• Directorate of French nationals abroad and foreign nationals in France

Embassies and consulates

• Directory
• Bilateral embassies
• Multilateral diplomacy
• The Ambassador
• The chancery
• The specialist services
• The consul

Archives and heritage

• History and organisation of the service
• Inventories and collections
• Treaties and agreements
• Libraries
• Exhibitions
• Conferences
• Publications
• Dossiers

Events

• Heritage Days 2008 (20-21.09.08)
• Heritage Days 2007 (15-16.09.07)

External activities

• Representation
• Negotiation
• Searching for information
• Protecting interests
• Promoting bilateral relations
• Communicating on the ground

Publications

• International cooperation and development

Scientific exhibitions

• Cotton, the thread of time, markets and cultures
• AIDS: Hope springs from the sharing of knowledge
• European aeronautics - behind the scene