CONSEIL DE L’EUROPE - COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS
Strasbourg, 14th
October
1959
Strictly
CM
Or.
(59) 105
Eng.
TRANSFER OF SOCIAL AND CULTURAL
ACTIVITIES OF WESTERN EUROPEAN
UNION TO THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE
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In pursuance of the general instructions given by the
Ministers’ Deputies at their 73rd meeting , a meeting took
place in Paris at the end of September between representatives of the Secretariats of Western European Union and of
the Council of Europe, in order to draft for consideration
by the two Ministerial organs the outline of a procedure
which could be followed to give effect to the decision to
transfer to the Council of Europe the social and cultural
activities of W.E.U.
The principles set out in the draft text produced as
result of this meeting have since been approved by the
Council of W.E.U., subject to one or two amendments which
have been incorporated in the text reproduced in annexe.
This revised text will be submitted to the Council of
W.E.U. again on Wednesday, 21st October, for final approval.
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The Secretary-General of W.E.U. has let it be understood that the Council of his organisation would welcome
the submission of chis text to the Committee of Ministers
of the Council of Europe at an early date.
It is suggested,
that
the
be
included
in
the
therefore ,
question
agenda
of the 77th meeting.
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TRANSFER OF SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
TO THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE
I.
The exercise of the
social and cultural activities at
to the Council of
present pursued by W.E.U. is transferred
Europe.
The form of the transfer will be such that the activities in question can be carried out as effectively in the
Council of Europe as hitherto in W.E.U.
This will be achieved by the procedure of Partial
Agreements, introduced by Resolution (51) 62 of the Committee
of Ministers of the Council of Europe.
II.
To this end, the Committee of Ministers of the
of Europe will authorise the Member States of W.E.U.
continue to the extent which they consider necessary
the Council of Europe the activities included in the
The working methods hitherto employed
III.
maintained under this Partial Agreement.
This
means
Council
to
within
transfer.
by W.E.U. will
be
that:
(1)
the liaison section system, which enables officials
of the government departments concerned to keep
close contacts with one another and provides an
efficient means of developing European co-operation
on the technical level, will be maintained;
(2)
the
background documentation will
prepared by national delegations;
(3)
all documentation will remain confidential until its
wider distribution has been agreed.
This will maintain the existing atmosphere of free and frank
continue to be
discussion;
(4)
certain
be held away from the
the Council of Europe in order
participants to study on the spot questions
their competence and to enable officials of
host country to become more conversant with
meetingswill
quarters of
problems.
headto enable
within
the
European
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Any activity covered by the Partial Agreement can, as
required, be extended to other Member States of the Council
Europe.
IV.
of
Committees and Sub-committees set up under the Partial
Agreement will report on their activities to the Committee of
Ministers of the Council of Europe, which, at meetings limited
to representativesof Member States party to the Partial Agreement, will decide what action to take on these reports. The
latter will be forwarded for information to the competent
expert committees of the Council of Europe.
V.
A chapter on the activities in question will be incorporated in the report which the Committee of Ministers is
required to submit to the Consultative Assembly.
The Secretaries-General of the two Organisations will
VI.
The
take all necessary executive action for the transfer.
timing of transfer of each particular activity shall be
determined in consultation between them.
They
archives.
will also make
arrangements
for the
preservation
of