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Transfer of Chairmanship
The 125th session of the Committee of Ministers brought together, on 19 May 2015 in Brussels, Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the 47 member states of the organisation. At the close of the session, Bosnia and Herzegovina has taken over from Belgium the chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers...
Het 'Document van Brussel' over de toekomst van de bescherming van de sociale rechten in Europa
Het Belgische voorzitterschap van de Raad van Europa eindigt vandaag 19 mei. Focus op een van de resultaten van het voorzitterschap: het “Document van Brussel over de toekomst van de bescherming van de sociale rechten”. Op 12 en 13 februari 2015 organiseerde het Belgische voorzitterschap van de...
European ministers adopt new legal standards for tackling foreign terrorist fighters
Foreign ministers from across Europe have adopted the first set of legally-binding international standards to help tackle so-called "foreign terrorist fighters". The measures take the form of an additional protocol to the Council of Europe's convention on the prevention of terrorism, which has so...
6th Conference of Ministers Responsible for Cultural Heritage
Cultural Heritage in the 21st century for living better together: a common strategy for Europe
Didier Reynders: The cradle of our civilisation must not become the grave of those aspiring to be part of it
“It is totally contrary to our vision and our values that the cradle of our civilisation should become the grave of those aspiring to be part of it”, said Didier Reynders, Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, today in his statement to the Parliamentary Assembly,...
The European Youth Work Convention 2015
The European Youth Work Convention 2015 is one of the flagship initiatives of the Belgian Chairmanship of the Council of Europe. It took place in Brussels from 27 to 30 April 2015, five years after the 1st Convention organized in Ghent on 7-10 July 2010 in the framework of the Belgian EU...
Address by Committee of Ministers Chairman
Didier Reynders: “Proper tools to defend our societies against radicalism and terrorism”
Comité van Ministers: Actieplan voor Oekraïne 2015-2017
De voorzitter van het Comité van Ministers, de Belgische minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Didier Reynders, verwelkomt de goedkeuring van het Comité voor het Actieplan voor Oekraïne
Terrorist attack against 'Charlie Hebdo' magazine
Statement by Didier Reynders, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs of Belgium, Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe "I am deeply shocked by the horrendous attack committed this morning in Paris against “Charlie Hebdo” magazine. On behalf of the Committee of...
Didier Reynders herhaalt dat Raad van Europa hervormingen van Oekraïense regering steunt
Didier Reynders reaffirms the support of the Council of Europe to the Ukrainian government reforms


