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.
News 2013
Secretary General meets new Chief Ombudsman of Turkey
Council of Europe on terrorist attack in Turkey
Strasbourg, 13 May 2013, Following the car bombings which caused the death of over forty persons in the Turkish city of Reyhanlı, near the Syrian border, Thorbjørn Jagland...
Secretary General Jagland on World Press Freedom Day: "European governments must guarantee media freedom as an essential condition for democracy"
Strasbourg, 30 April 2013, Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland has urged governments to fully respect the right to freedom of expression and to a free press. He...
Secretary General visits Ireland
Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland on the death of Karol Jakubowicz
Strasbourg, 29 April 2013, Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland expressed his sadness over the death, on 28 April, of prominent journalist and proffessor Karol Jakubowicz. ...
Secretary General speaks at Education Ministers Conference in Helsinki
Secretary General Jagland welcomes agreement in the EU-facilitated dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo*
Strasbourg, 21 April 2013, Following the agreement between Serbia and Kosovo*, Secretary General Jagland published the following statement: "I whole-heartedly welcome the...
Secretary General Jagland commemorates the 70th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Strasbourg, 18 April 2013, On 19 April Poland will mark the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising with the opening of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw...
International Roma Day: Secretary General visits camps in Strasbourg
Commissioner Füle and Secretary General Jagland regret lack of progress in implementing Sejdić-Finci judgement
Strasbourg, 8 April 2013, Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Mr Štefan Füle and Secretary General of the Council of Europe Mr Thorbjørn Jagland...
Secretary General Jagland welcomes decision of Ukrainian President Yanukovych to pardon former minister Yuri Lutsenko
Strasbourg, 7 April 2013, Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland welcomes the decision of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to pardon former minister Yuri Lutsenko: "I...
Milestone reached in negotiations on accession of EU to the European Convention on Human Rights
Secretary General calls on states to focus support for Roma on education
Secretary General Jagland makes official visit to Romania
Secretary General congratulates Francis on his election as new Pope
Strasbourg, 13 March 2013, Following the election of Francis as new Pope, Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland made the following statement: "I congratulate...
Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland meets Israeli President Shimon Peres
Statement from the President of the European Commission and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe on the vote by the Hungarian Parliament of the Fourth amendment to the Hungarian Fundamental Law
Secretary General questions expulsion of deputy from Ukrainian Parliament
Strasbourg, 7 March 2013, The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland, has asked the Ukrainian authorities to explain on what legal basis Mr Serhiy...
Secretary General calls upon Hungarian government and parliament to postpone vote on constitutional amendments
Strasbourg, 6 March 2013, In a statement today, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe calls upon the Hungarian government and parliament to postpone a vote on...
Secretary General warns over new wave of discrimination against Roma
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