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Monday, September 28, 2009
Beirut catches the world’s Eyes by hosting the sixth Francophone
Games.
Karam: preparations have been completed and the attendance exceeded
all expectations.
The attention of the French-speaking countries is today drawn to
Beirut that will host for the first time on its home soil, the sixth
session of the Francophone Games.
The 6th Francophone Games media committee stated on Saturday that all
official and concerned delegations have arrived to Lebanon.
The event will start on Sunday September 27, 2009 at 6 p.m. to end
October 6, 2009. It will host 48 participating countries worldwide
during 10 days.
The Francophone games are held every 4 years, with the participation
of 3,000+ athletes, youths, and artists from 56 French-speaking
countries and 14 observer countries. It is a popular sports and art
festival.
President Michel Suleiman will open the games with a speech during
which he will focus on the beautiful face of Lebanon, its civilization
and cultural heritage.
Doctor Khalil Karam said that Representatives and leaders of
Francophone countries will attend the event, among others the Lebanese
President Michel Sleiman, French Prime Minister François
Fillon, secretary general of the Francophone League Abdo Diouf, and
officials from Lebanon and Francophone countries, as well as
representatives of military, political, sports, scouting, media,
educational and economic fields.
He also stated that the number of ministers participating in the
opening of the Games surpassed the 30 ministers coming from all the
participating countries, including some Arab ministers.
List of countries participating in the Games:
Armenia, Benin, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada,
Canada New Brunswick, Canada Quebec, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Central,
Cyprus, Comoros, French Community of Belgium, Congo, DR Congo (former
Zaire), Dominica, Egypt, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
France, Gabon, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Greece, Equatorial
Guinea, Haiti, Laos, Lebanon, Luxem
Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Mauritius, Mauritania, Monaco, Mozambique,
Niger, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Chad, Togo,
Tunisia, Vietnam.
The Games is a festive and popular event that allow all participants
to meet, compete and freely express the diversity of the francophone
culture it is also a high-level sports and arts; it includes:
¢ 6 compétitions sportives : athlétisme,
football junior, basket-ball féminin, tennis de table, judo,
boxe et une nouvelle animation, le beach
volleyball 6 sporting events: athletics, football
junior, women’s basketball, table tennis, judo, boxing and a new
animation, beach volleyball
¢ 7 cultural competitions: song, dance, sculpture,
painting, photography, storytelling and literature (new)
¢ The opening and closing ceremonies
¢ Entertainment devices colorful concerts, exhibitions, street
theater, sports, and interscholastic varsity.
French Prime Minister Francois Fillion will arrive in Beirut Sunday to
open the Sixth Francophone Games, which will take place in the
Lebanese capital from Sept. 27 until Oct in Sports City, Beirut.
Fillion is expected to meet President Michel Suleiman, PM-designate
Saad Hariri, and Speaker Nabih Berri during his Lebanon stay.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
