2009-05-05 13:01:00 :: Op-Ed by SG on 60th Anniversary of CoE By the Right Hon Terry Davis
When you are young, birthdays are about growing up and looking forward. When you have got a few years behind you, they are an opportunity to look back and assess what you have done over the years. The 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of London which set up the Council of Europe in 1949 is an opportunity to do both.
Sixty years ago the statesmen who ...
2009-04-23 15:59:00 :: Council of Europe Secretary General Terry Davis speaks at the Durban review Conference in Geneva
Excerpts from the speech
Geneva, 22.04.2009 - “In the fight against racism, xenophobia, discrimination and related intolerance, there are no easy fixes and no quick wins. It would be naïve to expect that our efforts will succeed in putting a quick and irreversible end to prejudice and hate. But through what we do, we can and we must make a ...
2008-11-24 14:07:00 :: Terry Davis: ''Protect Roma people against discrimination, intolerance and violence''
Strasbourg - 24.11.2008- ''We must continue to remind authorities not only about their responsibility to combat anti-gypsyism but also their duty to offer advice and assistance,'' the Secretary General declared on 24 November at the European Roma and Travellers’ Forum. He also called on the Forum to strengthen its contacts with the Council of Europe and ''complement'' its ...
2008-02-05 14:28:00 :: Europe´s fight against Trafficking in Human Beings, a new form of slavery
Europe may well have abolished slavery 200 years ago, but it has not yet been stamped out. Across Europe criminal gangs are getting rich through the trade in human beings – and many governments are not doing enough to stop it.
Trafficking in human beings is not the most discreet form of crime. Its victims can be found every evening on the banks ...
2007-08-07 12:50:00 :: Commissioner for Human Rights addresses plight of migrant children
Strasbourg, 06.08.2007 - In his latest Viewpoint, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, urges the Organisation’s member States not to forget children in the migration debate. Children’s rights also apply here and should be implemented. Moreover, special consideration must be given to their situation, especially ...
2007-07-26 14:19:00 :: Terry Davis calls for healthy, clean and ethical sport
[26/07/2007 12:00:00] “I hope that the deplorable events surrounding the Tour de France will encourage everyone to step up their efforts to prevent cheating and to promote healthy, clean and ethical competition,'' said Secretary General. ''I should also like to send a message of encouragement and support to the vast majority of athletes who compete honestly, to the ...
2007-07-19 01:24:00 :: Maud de Boer-Buquicchio: ''The way a society cares for its children is the ultimate test of its degree of civilisation''
[19/07/2007 11:30:00] Deputy Secretary General Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, underlined the Council of Europe’s commitment to improving the rights of children in a speech to the UNICEF Tuscany Region conference on 19 July. ''Our intention is to join other regions around the world in a collective effort to make this world ...
2007-06-14 13:03:00 :: ''Democratic suicide''
[13/06/2007 17:30:00] ''Democracies which violate human rights are not only threatening individuals, they are threatening themselves. It is democratic suicide,'' Secretary General Terry Davis told the opening session of the third Forum for the future of democracy in Stockholm, Sweden, on 13 June. ''Democracy, the rule of ...
2007-06-08 13:44:00 :: Terry Davis: Cultural diversity – bridge between cultural heritage and the culture of the future
Speech by Terry Davis
Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Forum of South-East Europe Heads of State
Romania, 7-8 June 2007
In March 2004, during ...
2007-05-07 15:04:00 :: Statement by the Secretary General marking the 58th anniversary of the Council of Europe
[04/05/2007 16:30:00] I should like to use this opportunity to express my appreciation and gratitude to the staff of the Council of Europe for their efforts, expertise and commitment to the values of the Council of Europe. Visions are very important, but what also matters is how they are brought to life. Today, our Organisation is doing what 58 years ago its founders probably did not even dare to ...
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