The Committee of Ministers (CM) is the Council of Europe's decision-making body.

Representatives on the CM are the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Council of Europe member States. The Committee meets at both ministerial level and at Deputy level.

The CM's role and functions are described in Chapter IV of the Statute. It adopts its own rules of procedure. 

Its timetable is based on the holding of one annual ordinary ministerial session around the symbolic date of 5 May, leaving open the possibility of holding a second one during the year.

For more information, see About the CM