Charter of the French Language mission, powers, and organization. Title IV establishes the Conseil supérieur de la langue française (Superior Council of the French language). Title V and VI define penal provisions and sanctions and transitional and miscellaneous provisions. To achieve the goal of making French the "normal and everyday language of work, instruction, communication, commerce and business" and ensure the respect of French Quebecers' language rights, the Charter contains a number of key provisions and various regulations. In the first article of the Charter, French is declared the official language of Quebec. The French language was previously declared the sole official language of Quebec
French language in Laos the sole political language after France resumed its rule of Laos and was co-official with Lao when Laos was granted self-rule in 1949, but Lao became the sole official language after independence in 1953. The French language's decline was slower and occurred later than in Vietnam and Cambodia in Laos as the monarchy of Laos had close political relations with France. At the eve of the Vietnam War, the Secret War was beginning in Laos as political factions between communist Pathet Lao and the government occurred. Pathet Lao held areas used Lao as their sole language and following the end