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Council of Europe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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The second part of the eleventh ordinary session of the Consultative Assembly was opened on September 14, 1959. Mr. John Edwards, President of the Assembly, opened the sitting with a tribute to two retiring representatives, following which the report of the Bureau and Standing Committee was presented; it noted that both the head of the Political Department of the Swiss Federal Council and the Portuguese Foreign Minister had been invited to participate in the Assembly debates on the Organization of European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) reports and on economic questions. Mr. Franz Gschnitzer, Austrian Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, then presented the supplementary report to the tenth report of the Committee of Ministers. Replying to questions from representatives, he stated, inter alia, that the Committee had decided to re-examine its recommendation on the forestry situation in Europe after the results of the studies launched by the European Economic Community (EEC) were known; that the Council of Europe did not intend to advance a loan to the Resettlement Fund for Refugees and Over-Population; that the Committee had not yet examined the third report on the European civil service; and that the present arrangements between die Commission of EEC and the Council would in no way prejudge any over-all agreement which might be concluded in the future.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities III. Political and Regional Organizations
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1960

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References

1 Council of Europe News, 10 1959 (New Series No. 4), p. 111Google Scholar, and Forward in Europe, 10 1959 (Vol. 1, No. 4), p. 2Google Scholar. For a summary of the first part of the eleventh session, see International Organization, Summer 1959 (Vol. 13, No. 3), p. 475476.Google Scholar

2 For data on the establishment of EFTA, see below, p. 219–220.

3 Council of Europe Press Report, December 14, 1959. For a summary of the 24th meeting, see International Organization, Summer 1959 (Vol. 13, No. 3), p. 477478.Google Scholar

4 Council of Europe News, 07 1959 (New Series No. 2), p. 3.Google Scholar

5 For the action taken by the Committee of Ministers, see above, p. 218

6 Council of Europe News, 08 1959 (New Series No. 3), p. 2.Google Scholar