The Assembly,
Considering that the welcome given by the Committee of Ministers to the United Kingdom proposals accords with the wish of the Assembly that the Council of Europe shall become the organ of co-ordination of all European organisations;
Recognising the difficulty raised by the differing membership of the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation and the Council of Europe;
Believing that this difficulty might be overcome if, when considering economic matters, the Committee of Ministers were composed of representatives of all the Member States of the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation; and if, when economic matters are under discussion, representatives from States which are Members of the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation but not of the Council of Europe, attended the Consultative Assembly as observers;
Recommends to the Committee of Ministers that the Member States of the Council of Europe, signatories of the Convention for European Economic Co-operation, enter into negotiations with the other signatory States in order to reach agreement on the steps to be taken for the purpose of merging the organisations created by virtue of the said Convention with the Council of Europe.