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+/-Oct 29 2009EU-minister Cecilia Malmström chaired a high-level meeting between the EU and the Council of Europe By:
The Swedish EU minister Cecilia Malmström on October 27 chaired a high level meeting in Luxemburg between the EU and the Council of Europe. The Council of Europe delegation was co-chaired by the newly elected Secretary General, Thorbjörn Jagland and Samuel Zbogar, Foreign Minister of Slovenia and Chairman of the Committee of Ministers. Representatives from the EU Commission and the Council Secretariat also participated in the meeting. Issues on the agenda was ongoing and future co-operation regarding Georgia, Moldova and Belarussia. The Secretary General also outlined his future priorities within the co-operation with the EU. Among future important issues which he mentioned was the Lisbon Treaty and the accession of the EU to the European Convention on Human Rights.
+/-Oct 13 2009World Day against the Death Penalty By:
The Swedish Chairmanship in EU and the Council of Europe commemorated the Day against Death Penalty in Strasbourg.
+/-Oct 1 2009EU-minister Cecilia Malmström to represent the swedish EU presidency at the Council of Europe's 60th anniversaryBy:
The Swedish Minister for European Affairs, Ms Cecilia Malmström, participates on behalf of the swedish EU presidency at the Commemorative ceremony for the 60th Anniversary of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg on Thursday.
+/-Sep 30 2009Thorbjorn Jagland new Secretary General at the Council of EuropeBy:
Thorbjorn Jagland, Norway, was on tuesday elected Secretary General of the Council of Europe for a five-year term by the Parliamentary Assembly (PACE).
+/-Sep 23 2009The fourth session of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) in StrasbourgBy:
The fourth session of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) will take place in Strasbourg from 28 September to 2 October.
+/-Sep 7 2009Riiona Kionka’s first visit to the EU’s coordination meeting at the Council of EuropeBy:
On Monday the 7th of September, Riiona Kionka, the Personal Representative for Human Rights (CFSP) of The High Representative, Javier Solana, visits EU’s coordination meeting for the first time.
+/-Sep 7 2009The Acting Secretary General of the Council of Europe will make an official visit to Stockholm By:
+/-Jul 7 2009The Swedish Presidency of the European UnionBy:
On 6 July 2009 Sweden had its first EU coordination meeting at the Council of Europe. The chairman, Ambassador Per Sjögren, informed about priorities for the Swedish Presidency of European Union. On the agenda were also the human rights situation in Georgia and excecution of judgments from the Court of Human Rights.
+/-Jul 1 2009The Swedish PresidencyBy:
+/-Jun 11 2009The Parliamentary Assembly’s next session in StrasbourgBy:
+/-May 7 2009Council of Europe 60 yearsBy:
The 5 May 2009 the Council of Europe celebrated 60 years.
+/-Mar 17 2009Successfull ChairmanshipBy:
Sweden chaired the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers between 7 May and 27 November 2008. At the request of the Swedish Parliament’s delegation to the Council of Europe, the parliamentary Research Service has followed up the Swedish Chairmanship. In summary, the report indicates that it was a successful chairmanship: Please see linked document
+/-Feb 20 2009The Congress meets in StrasbourgBy:
+/-Feb 12 2009Göran Lindblad will lead PACE delegation to BelarusBy:
+/-Jan 30 2009Mr Björn von Sydow, has been appointed as Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) rapporteur on the situation in Kosovo. By:
+/-Jan 22 2009The Parliamentary Assembly By:
The Parliamentary Assembly meets in Strasbourg
+/-Nov 27 2008Sweden's Chairmanship comes to an endBy:
On 27 November the Swedish Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe will be tranferred to Spain.
+/-Nov 19 2008Conference: Justice and Rule of Law in the South CaucasusBy:
A conference on the rule of law, organised by the Council of Europe within the framework of the Swedish Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers and in co-operation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, is taking place in Tbilisi (Georgia) between 19 and 20 November.
+/-Nov 4 2008An International Conference on Systematic Work for Human Rights Implementation - Rights Work!By:
Between the 6-7 November, an international conference on systematic work for human rights implementation will take place in Stockholm.
+/-Oct 28 2008Council of Europe conference on how to improve lives of people with disabilitiesBy:
+/-Oct 21 2008The Swedish Ministers for justice and migration to visit the European Court for Human RightsBy:
+/-Oct 16 2008Statement by Carl Bildt about the presidential elections in AzerbaijanBy:
+/-Sep 26 2008Council of Europe Ministerial meeting in New YorkBy:
+/-Sep 15 2008Meeting in Brussels between the OSCE and the Council of EuropeBy:
Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb of Finland and Foreign Minister Carl Bildt of Sweden met today in Brussels.
+/-Sep 11 2008European conference for the right of the childBy:
Sweden organised a European conference on the rights of the child in Stockholm on 8-10 September 2008.
+/-Jun 24 2008Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of EuropeBy:
More than 600 parliamentarians from 47 parliaments gather in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe four times per year. This year's Summer Session takes place on 23-27 June. During the first day of the Session the Swedish Foreign Minister, also the current Chairman of the Committee of Ministers, Carl Bildt, participated.
+/-Jun 12 2008Nyamko Sabuni on a visit to StrasbourgBy:
On 10-11 June a conference on violence against women was held at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. The conference put the end to a campaign that has been going on since November 2006. Nyamko Sabuni, Minister for integration and gender equality of Sweden, addressed the conference twice, firstly as a representative from the Committee of Ministers, and secondly as a Swedish representative.
+/-Jun 3 2008Local and regional questions in focus for visit by the Swedish minister for local governmentBy:
On the 27-29 of May the Congress for local and regional authorities gathered in Strasbourg for its plenary session.
+/-May 23 2008Statement by the Swedish Foreign MinisterBy:
+/-May 23 2008Per Westerberg participates in European Conference of Presidents of ParliamentBy:
+/-May 19 2008Inauguration of the exhibition "Freedom of expression and action for human rights"By:
Last week Sweden started its chairmanship at the Council of Europe and on 15 May this was stated by an inauguration of the exhibition "Freedom of expression and action for human rights".
+/-May 9 2008Sweden assumes the Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of EuropeBy:
Sweden's Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt takes over as Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 7 May
+/-Jan 29 2008International Holocaust Remembrance DayBy:
International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Council of Europe

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