Jagland 2009

Jagland on the list of candidates for the post of Secretary General

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:46:00 GMT

When they met i Madrid 12 of May, the Foreign Ministers from the Council of Europe member states adopted a resolution on the appointment of Secretary General of the Council of Europe. Only two names were retained on the list that will be forwarded to the Parliamentary Assembly.

Jagland elected Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:44:08 GMT

The Norwegian Nobel Committee is the committee awarding the Nobel Peace Prize every year. In its first meeting i 2009, the Committee elected Mr Thorbjorn Jagland as its new Chairman.

Council of Europe will follow EU in appointing a leading political figure as Secretary General

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:44:04 GMT

Luxembourg’s Prime Minister, Jean-Claude Juncker has proposed new criteria for electing Secretaries General of the Council of Europe. “The Council of Europe should move, in electing its Secretaries General, towards choosing leading political figures. (...) Ideally, and following the EU’s example, it should envisage electing someone who has already served as a head of state or government.” The Committee of Ministers has decided to follow this recommendation.

European Presidents of Parliaments discussed Civil Society’s role in Democracy

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:44:20 GMT

In his capacity of President of the Norwegian Storting (Parliament), Mr Thorbjørn Jagland addressed the European Conference of Presidents of Parliaments in Strasbourg 22 May 2008. Mr Jagland spoke about the interaction between parliaments and civil society. The Conference was attended by presidents and leaders of 44 national parliaments, as well leaders from a number of regional parliamentary bodies.

Human Rights – the Vision and the Reality

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:44:19 GMT

Opening Address (abridged version) given by Mr Thorbjorn Jagland at the Oslo Centre for Peace and Human Rights at the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Delclaration of Human Rights, Oslo 24 November 2008.

Jagland's statement at the Second CoE Summit

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:44:22 GMT

"We should join forces and use this organisation to build a Europe based on social as well as individual tolerance and responsibility", Thorbjørn Jagland said in his official statement at the Second Summit of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg in 1997.