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.
Speeches 2013
Speech at the 123rd Session of the Committee of Ministers
Strasbourg, 16 May 2013
Standing Conference of Ministers of Education
Helsinki, 26 April 2013
Launching of the Online Youth Movement “No hate speech”
Strasbourg, 22 March 2013
24th Session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
Strasbourg, 19 March 2013
Address to the High Level Segment of the United Nations Human Rights Council
Geneva (Switzerland), 26 February 2013
High-Level Conference on Freedom of Expression and the Media in Turkey
Ankara, 5 February 2013
Session of the Parliamentary Assembly
Strasbourg, 22 January 2013
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