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Agenda
30
Sep
2026
Meeting with an Ukrainian delegation representing the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War and its Public Council
Strasbourg
17:05 - 17:45
Secretary General
28
Oct
2026
Meeting with Mr Alexandre Fasel, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Pierre-Yves Fux, Head of the Eurasia Division at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, and Ambassador Pascale Baeriswyl, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the Council of Europe
Bern
17:00 - 17:45
Secretary General
28
Oct
2026
European multilateralism under pressure: the Council of Europe’s responses
Bern
16:00 - 16:45
Secretary General
28
Oct
2026
Meeting with Mr Guy Parmelin, President of the Swiss Confederation
Bern
15:00 - 15:45
Secretary General
28
Oct
2026
Welcome by Mr Philipp Baeriswyl, Head of Protocol Relations of the Federal Assembly, Parliamentary Services
Bern
14:00
Secretary General
23
Oct
2026
Interview with Mediaset and Antena 1
San Patrignano, Italy
15:00 - 15:30
Secretary General
23
Oct
2026
Visit to the San Patrignano Community for Heads of Delegation / In parallel: Presentation of a prevention programme to the delegations
San Patrignano, Italy
11:15
Secretary General
23
Oct
2026
Presentation of the San Patrignano Community
San Patrignano, Italy
11:00
Secretary General
17
Oct
2026
Secretary General's intervention at the Congress of the Swiss Socialist Party
16:00
Secretary General
14
Oct
2026
Signature/ratification ceremony: Opening for signature of the Additional Protocol to the Warsaw Convention (CETS 198); Ratification of the Cybercrime convention (ETS 185)
Strasbourg
12:30 - 13:00
Secretary General
Alain Berset
Alain Berset is the 15th Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
The Secretary General has the overall responsibility for the strategic management of the Organisation. Mr Berset was elected in June 2024.
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