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Back Secretary General meets Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Thorbjørn Jagland and Anouchka van Miltenburg

Thorbjørn Jagland and Anouchka van Miltenburg

The Secretary General today met the speaker of the House of Representatives of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Ms. Anouchka van Miltenburg.

Topics of discussion included the close cooperation between the EU and the Council of Europe, the crisis in Ukraine and the human rights situation across the continent.

Ms. van Miltenburg and M. Jagland also discussed the budgetary situation of the Council of Europe.

The Secretary General thanked the Netherlands for its commitment to human rights and its continued support to the Council of Europe.

Secretary General Strasbourg 7 July 2015
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Marija Pejčinović Burić is the 14th Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

The Secretary General has the overall responsibility for the strategic management of the Organisation. Ms Pejčinović Burić was elected in June 2019. Read more »