Mr Thorbjørn Jagland is the 13th Secretary General of the Council of Europe. The Secretary General has the overall responsibility for the strategic management of the Organisation. Mr Jagland was elected in September 2009.
The former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Norway, Thorbjørn Jagland, aged 62, was also the President of the Storting (Norwegian Parliament) and the leader of the Norwegian Labour Party. He is currently the Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the Nobel Peace Prize.
Speeches
Speech at the 123rd Session of the Committee of Ministers
Strasbourg, 16 May 2013
Standing Conference of Ministers of Education
Helsinki, 26 April 2013
Launching of the Online Youth Movement “No hate speech”
Strasbourg, 22 March 2013
24th Session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
Strasbourg, 19 March 2013
Address to the High Level Segment of the United Nations Human Rights Council
Geneva (Switzerland), 26 February 2013
High-Level Conference on Freedom of Expression and the Media in Turkey
Ankara, 5 February 2013
Session of the Parliamentary Assembly
Strasbourg, 22 January 2013
“Tackling Hate Speech: Living together online”
Budapest, 27 November 2012
4th International Science for Peace Conference
Milan, 17 November 2012
25th anniversary of the Way of Saint James – Cultural Route of the Council of Europe
Santiago de Compostela, 24 October 2012
Opening ceremony of the Strasbourg World Forum for Democracy
Strasbourg, 8 October 2012
European Conference of Presidents of Parliament
Strasbourg, 20 September 2012
Conference of the Council of Europe on the Action Plan for Ukraine 2011-2014
Kyiv, 10 September 2012
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