International Organization of the French-speaking World (OIF)

note - name changed from Agency of Cultural and Technical Cooperation (ACCT) in 1997; also known as Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie

20 March 1970

founded around a common language to promote and spread the cultures of its members and to reinforce cultural and technical cooperation between them

members - (61) Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Belgium, French Community of Belgium, Benin, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Canada - New Brunswick, Canada - Quebec, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kosovo, Laos, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldova, Monaco, Morocco, New Caledonia, Niger, North Macedonia,Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Tunisia, UAE, Vanuatu, Vietnam

observers - (27) Argentina, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada - Ontario, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czechia, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Gambia, Georgia, Hungary, Ireland, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Lousiana, Malta, Mexico, Montenegro, Mozambique, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Thailand, Ukraine, Uruguay