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Council of Europe

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The deputies of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe met in Strasbourg from March 16 through 19, 1953, under the chairmanship of Peter W. Scarlett (United Kingdom) and gave preliminary consideration to suggested revisions of the Council of Europe Statute designed to strengthen the Council and to facilitate liaison with proposed or existing European communities. The International Civil Aviation Organization was invited to convene a conference of European states — both members and non-members of ICAO — to examine the questions of more effective operation of airlines and methods of improving cooperation in this field. The deputies transmitted to the Consultative Assembly a memorandum submitted by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade on the problem of reducing tariffs. Other measures approved included: 1) cooperative arrangements between the Council of Europe and the Berne International Office for the Protection of Industrial Property; 2) a decision to convene a committee of governmental experts to examine recommendations for a European convention on extradition; and 3) the draft Convention on Medical and Social Assistance and a protocol extending the convention to refugees; and 4) draft rules for the establishment of relations with nongovernmental organizations.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activies: III. Political and Regional Organizations
Information
International Organization , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , November 1953 , pp. 595 - 608
Copyright
Copyright © The IO Foundation 1953

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References

1 For information on ICAO's action on this request, see this issue, p. 565.

2 Council of Europe, Directorate of Information, Press Release IP/588, March 19, 1953; Council of Europe News, April 1953, p. 2–5.

3 Ibid., June 1953, p. 1–2.

4 Unless otherwise noted, the following summary of the twelfth session of the Committee of Ministèrs is based on Council of Europe News, June, 1953.

5 New York Times, May 8, 1953.

6 The Times (London), 05 8, 1953Google Scholar.

7 Chronology of International Events and Documents, IX, p. 250.

8 New York Times, May 8, 1953.

9 See below.

10 Council of Europe News, July 1953, p. 2; Council of Europe, Directorate of Information, Press Release IP/621, June 30, 1953.

11 Unless otherwise noted, the following summary of the first and second parts of the Strasfifth session of the Consultative Assembly is based on the following documents: Council of Europe, Consultative Assembly (5th Ordinary Session, 1st part), Official Record of Debates, Volume I, Strasbourg, 1953Google Scholar; ibid. (5th Ordinary Session, 1st and 2d parts) Official Records of Debates, Volume II, Strasbourg, 1953Google Scholar; ibid., (5th Ordinary Session, 1st part), Documents, Working Papers, Volumes I and II, Strasbourg, 1953Google Scholar; ibid. (5th Ordinary Session, 2d part) Documents, Working Papers, Volume III, Strasbourg, 1953Google Scholar; ibid. (5th Ordinary Session, 1st part) Texts Adopted by the Assembly, Strasbourg, 1953Google Scholar; ibid. (5th Ordinary Session, 2d part) Texts Adopted by the Assembly, Strasbourg, 1953;Google ScholarCouncil of Europe News, June 1953; ibid., July 1953.

12 For the text of the draft statute as it stood at the time of this discussion, see Council of Europe, Consultative Assembly (5th Ordinary Session, 1st part) Documents, Working Papers, Volume I, p. 13–55 [Document 111].

13 For information on the extraordinary session, see International Organization, VII, p. 284.

14 For the text of the message from the Committee of Ministers, see Council of Europe, Consultative Assembly (5th Ordinary Session, 1st part), Documents, Working Papers, Volume II, p. 321–329 [Document 126]; for the fourth report, see ibid., p. 279–310 [Document 122].

15 The text of the reply may be found in Council of Europe, Consultative Assembly (5th Ordinary Session, 2d part), Texts Adopted by the Assembly, p. 1–16. In addition to the portion summarized in this issue, the report contained nine chapters dealing with the various subjects discussed in the Assembly's functional committees.

16 For the general report of the High Authority of ECSC see Council of Europe, Consultative Assembly (5th Ordinary Session, 1st part), Documents, Working Papers, Vol. II, p. 201–278 [Doc. 121]; for the supplement on the establishment of the common market for steel, see ibid. (5th Ordinary Session, 2d part), Vol. III, p. 517–548 [Doc. 154].

17 The low tariff club referred to was proposed by the Consultative Assembly on December 5, 1951. Under its provisions, a conven- semition would have been prepared by which a maximum of 35 percent would have been placed on all ad valorem duties on imported goods; in addition a maximum customs duty of 5 percent on raw materials, 15 percent on semition finished materials, and 25 percent on food stuffs and finished materials would have been set.

18 Council of Europe News, July 1953, p. 2–3.

19 Council of Europe, Directorate of Information, Press Release IF/636, October 3, 1953.

20 For information on previous action on this question, see International Organization, VII, p. 283. For information on relevant discussion in the fifth session of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe, see this issue, p. 598.

21 Chronology of International Events and Documents, IX, p. 299.

22 The Times (London), 05 13, 1953Google Scholar.

23 ibid., June 22, 1953; ibid., June 23, 1953; New York Times, June 19, 1953.

24 Council of Europe News, September 1953, p. 1–2.