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“Law is Europe’s form of power”: Alain Berset brings democratic security message to Washington
“In a fragmenting world, law remains the last common language capable of restraining power.” That was the message that Secretary General Alain Berset of the 46-member Council of Europe brought to Washington this week, as he discussed Ukraine, democratic security and the future of international...
From New York, a call for the rule of law and democratic security
Secretary General Alain Berset takes his message to the UN, calling for stronger international cooperation in an increasingly divided world
Council of Europe opens first permanent UN Observer Office in New York during General Assembly
Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset has inaugurated the 46-member organisation’s first permanent Observer Office to the United Nations in New York, marking a significant step in cooperation between the Council of Europe and the UN at a time of growing geopolitical fragmentation and...
Secretary General Berset on mission to New York and Washington
Alain Berset will argue for closer links between international and regional organisations, and for transatlantic cooperation
Council of Europe Business and Human Rights Forum fosters collaboration and innovative solutions
New platform aimed at strengthening respect for human rights in the private sector launched
“What brings Europe together is more than geography” - Alain Berset in Zurich
Secretary General reflects on the future of European unity on the 80th anniversary of Churchill’s seminal speech in Zurich
Challenges to democracy and regional stability in focus of the Secretary General’s meeting with Bulgarian President
New threats to regional stability and ways to address them through the Council of Europe instruments were among the key themes discussed today by the Council of Europe Secretary General, Alain Berset, and President of Bulgaria, Iliana Iotova. “A region-wide approach to safeguarding regional...
Eighty years after Churchill’s Zurich speech, Alain Berset asks what the future of European unity is?
Council of Europe Secretary General to give lecture at University of Zurich on our shared future in difficult times
Latvia’s experience can help shape Europe’s response to emerging threats to democracy – Alain Berset
Secretary General highlights Latvia’s frontline experience of hybrid threats and its support for accountability for Ukraine in Riga
Continued deterioration of human rights in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine
Secretary General Berset presents his new report on the latest situation in the context of conflict and illegal seizure of Ukrainian land
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