Noting with satisfaction the commitment to multilateral cooperation in the search for solutions to the major international problems expressed by the heads of State and Government of countries using French as a common language, at their ninth summit conference, held in Beirut from 18 to 20 October 2002, and their determination to extend the scope of francophone collaboration and cooperation in order to fight poverty and contribute to the emergence of a more equitable form of globalization that will bring progress, peace, democracy and human rights, in full respect for cultural and linguistic diversity, in the interests of the most vulnerable populations and the development of all countries,
满意地注意到，以法语为共同语言国家的国家元首和政府首脑在2002年10月18日至20日在黎巴嫩贝鲁特举行的第九次首脑会议上表示，他们非常重视在寻求解决重大国际问题时开展多边合作，并决心扩大法语国家的协调与合作领域，以期消除贫穷，协助促成更公平的全球化进程，实现进步、和平、民主、人权以及对文化和语言多样性的尊重，从而造福于最脆弱群体并促进所有国家的发展，