Alain Berset, new Secretary General

Secretary General 18 September 2024 Strasbourg

Addressing the Ministers' Deputies, the Secretary General highlighted the vital importance of the Organisation's ongoing work and the importance of delivering results, saying: "In this, the Council of Europe’s 75th anniversary year, it is hard to quantify the amount of good that this Organisation...

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Alain Berset elected Secretary General of the Council of Europe

Parliamentary Assembly session 25 June 2024 Strasbourg

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) today elected Alain Berset (Switzerland) as Secretary General of the Council of Europe for a five-year term beginning on 18 September 2024. In the second round of the election, Mr Berset obtained 114 votes, a majority of the votes cast....

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