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Consultative AssemblyThe third part of the sixth ordinary session of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe was held in Strasbourg from December 8 through 11,1954.Policy of the Council of Europe in the light of recent developments in the international situation: During the third part of the sixth session of the Consultative Assembly, discussion of the policy of the Council of Europe centered on 1) the London and Paris agreements, 2) the organization of the Western European Union (WEU) Assembly and links to be established between it and the Council of Europe, and 3) the Franco-German agreement on the future Statute of the Saar.

The first part of the ninth ordinary session of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe was held in Strasbourg, April 29—May 4, 1957, under the presidency of Mr. Fernand Dehousse (Belgium, Socialist). During the session Mr. Lodovico Benvenuti (Italy, Christian Democrat) was elected Secretary-General of the Council of Europe. On the proposal of the Bureau of the Council, the Assembly decided that the Committee on General Affairs should be named the Political Committee.

The principal item of discussion at the third part of the fifth ordinary session of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe, which was held in Strasbourg from September 15 through 26, 1953, was "defining the policy of the Council of Europe in the light of recent developments in the international situation", which had been scheduled for debate in June but postponed until after the Bermuda Conference between the United Kingdom, the United States and France.

It was announced in the press on February 9, 1950 that the Althing at Reykjavik had passed by 35 votes to 8 the government motion for the adherence of Iceland to the Council of Europe. Iceland thus became the thirteenth member of the Council.

The deputies of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe met in Strasbourg from March 16 through 19, 1953, under the chairmanship of Peter W. Scarlett (United Kingdom) and gave preliminary consideration to suggested revisions of the Council of Europe Statute designed to strengthen the Council and to facilitate liaison with proposed or existing European communities. The International Civil Aviation Organization was invited to convene a conference of European states — both members and non-members of ICAO — to examine the questions of more effective operation of airlines and methods of improving cooperation in this field. The deputies transmitted to the Consultative Assembly a memorandum submitted by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade on the problem of reducing tariffs. Other measures approved included: 1) cooperative arrangements between the Council of Europe and the Berne International Office for the Protection of Industrial Property; 2) a decision to convene a committee of governmental experts to examine recommendations for a European convention on extradition; and 3) the draft Convention on Medical and Social Assistance and a protocol extending the convention to refugees; and 4) draft rules for the establishment of relations with nongovernmental organizations.

Consultative Assembly The first part of the eighth ordinary session of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe was held in Strasbourg from April 16 to 21, 1956, under the presidency of Mr. Fėrnand Dehousee (Belgium, Socialist). The Council welcomed the representatives of Austria, which had become a full member.

The seventh session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe was held in Paris on March 16 and 17; 1951. During a private meeting held before the session, the ministers agreed that Germany should become a full member of the Council. Final decision was deferred, however, pending consultation with the Standing Committee of the Assembly.

The eleventh joint meeting of the European Parliament and the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe was held in Strasbourg on June 12–13, 1964. For the first time the annual joint meeting was devoted to the discussion of a single topic, namely, the position of Europe in world trade.

The seventh joint meeting of the members of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe and of the European Parliamentary Assembly of the European Communities was held on June 24 and 25, 1960, in the House of Europe at Strasbourg, with the Presidents of the two Assemblies presiding alternately over the sittings.

On November 3, 1949 the second session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe opened in Paris under the chairmanship of Gustav Rasmussen, Danish minister for foreign affairs. The work of this session consisted mainly in examining and approving or disapproving the recommendations of the Consultative Assembly which had met at Strasbourg in August and September 1949. In particular the Committee considered whether or not the Statute of the Council of Europe should be amended as suggested by the Assembly, as a step in increasing its influence and freedom within the Council. Although it was decided not to allow changes in the Statute for the time being, as it had just been approved by national parliaments and had only just come into force, the Committee was, however, "concerned to insure that the wishes of the Assembly shall in practice be met to the greatest possible extent."

The Ambassadors to the United Kingdom of Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden, the High Commissioner for Eire, and the Minister of Luxembourg began a conference in London on March 28, 1949, under the chairmanship of Sir Gladwyn Jebb, British representative on the permanent commission of the Consultative Council of Western Powers, to examine draft proposals for a Council of Europe.

Following the decision of the Committee of Ministers, the government of the Federal German Republic on July 13, 1950 deposited with the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe an instrument accepting the Statute of the Council, thereby becoming an associate member of the Council. At the same time the government of the Saar deposited an instrument accepting the Statute and also became an associate member. Germany was to have eighteen seats in the Assembly and the Saar three.1 August 7, 1950 was fixed by the Standing Committee as the opening day of the secondsession of the Consultative Assembly.

The second part of the ninth ordinary session of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe was held from October 16 to 29, 1957, under the presidency of Mr. Fernand Dehousse.

An extraordinary session of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe was held in Strasbourg from January 14–17, 1953. The major item of discussion during the session was the statute of a European political community.