CoE Sec-Gen: I believe Georgia will very successfully lead CoE Committee of Ministers
Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CoE) Marija Pejcinovic Buric has met with Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani in Tbilisi earlier today. Photo: Foreign Ministry press office.
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Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CoE) Marija Pejcinovic Buric, who has come to Georgia to make things ready for Georgia’s chairmanship of the CoE Committee of Ministers starting November 27, has stated that she is sure Georgia will cope with the “big responsibility very successfully.”
Georgia will take over the chairmanship of the CoE’s decision making body [from France] for the first time in 20 years.
I am glad that along with the protection of human rights and the rule of law, Georgia, as the new chair of the Committee of Ministers, has named environmental issues among its priorities in the role. The decision points at the importance of the issue to the country,” Buric said, who is holding her first official visit as the CoE secretary general to Georgia.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has also discussed the occupation issues with the CoE secretary general. Photo: Foreign Ministry press office.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has stated after his meeting with Buric that the 6-month chairmanship is both a “huge responsibility and an opportunity for Georgia,” to help overcome the challenges the CoE faces and to support the major values of the organisation – strengthening the human rights, democracy and the rule of law.
Taking over the chairmanship matches with the 20th anniversary of Georgia’s membership in the CoE.
- CoE is a leading human rights organisation founded in 1949 with 47 member states, 28 of which are members of the EU.
- All CoE members have signed the European Convention on Human Rights, a treaty designed to protect human rights, democracy and the rule of law.
- The European Court of Human Rights oversees the implementation of the convention in the CoE member states.
Georgia will take over the chairmanship of Council of Europe’s (CoE) Committee of Ministers for a six-month term from November 2019 to May 2020. The chairmanship will be passed from France to Georgia at a meeting in mid-November 2019 at the CoE’s Strasbourg headquarters, attended by representatives of its 47 member states.
Georgia will take over the chairmanship of Council of Europe’s (CoE) Committee of Ministers for a six-month term starting November 27. The Secretary General of the CoE Marija Pejčinović Burić has arrived in Georgia today in connection with Georgia’s upcoming chairmanship.
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CoE) Marija Pejčinović Burić will visit Georgia on November 10-11. The Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported today that her visit is connected to Georgia’s upcoming six-month chairmanship of the CoE Committee of Ministers from November.
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Starting today until May 15, 2020 Georgia will chair the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE), a decision making body composed of the ministers of foreign affairs of the 47 member states of the Council of Europe or their permanent representatives in Strasbourg.Georgia has taken over the chairmanship from France.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has received symbolic keys marking the official assumption of the presidency of the Council of Europe (CoE) Committee of Ministers in Strasbourg today.
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The projects “successfully implemented” within the framework of the Council of Europe’s 2020-2023 Action Plan for Georgia were discussed on Friday in a meeting between the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Marija Pejčinović Burić, the CoE Secretary General.