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First meeting of Committee of Ministers took place 75 years ago

Council of Europe 7 August 2024 Strasbourg

75 years ago, Monday August 8th, 1949, was the start of a momentous week for the Council of Europe. It began with a meeting chaired by Belgium’s long-serving Foreign Minister Paul Henri Spaak, which saw the first gathering of the Committee of Ministers. Later in the week there was a similar debut...

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