On March 29, at the 100th session of the Permanent Council of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF), where 58 member states were participating, Christian Ter-Stepanyan, the Representative of Armenia to the OIF Permanent Council, was unanimously elected as a Chairman of the Special Commission on Preparation of the Document for the 17th Summit of La Francophonie and Vice-Chairman of the Political Committee of the Permanent Council for a two year term.

The discussion of crisis situations in the francophone area is the primary goal of the Political Committee, which is one of the four Permanent Committees.