At the 1353bis meeting on 18 September, the outgoing Secretary General, Mr Thorbjørn Jagland, delivered his farewell speech to the Ministers’ Deputies. The incoming Secretary General, Ms Marija Pejčinović-Burić, then pronounced the Statutory Declaration and presented her strategic vision for the Organisation (more information …).

The Deputies subsequently held their 1354th meeting, during which they heard a communication from Mr Wojciech Sawicki, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly on the preparation of the 4th part of the 2019 Session (Strasbourg, 30 September - 4 October 2019) and other Assembly activities (more information …).

The other items examined by the Deputies appear in the Agenda and the decisions adopted are available in the meeting file.