Conference between delegations from the Congress of the United States, the Canadian Parliament and the Assembly of the Council of Europe
- Author(s):
- Parliamentary Assembly
- Origin
- (a) This question was the subject of Order 119, adopted on 17th January 1958. <br>(b) 11th October 1958, tabling of the Report of the Bureau of the Assembly,Doc. 886, elaborated in accordance with Assembly Order 119. <br>(c) 13th October 1958, debate in the Assembly. The Resolution was adopted unanimously. <br>See Resolution (51) 37 to the Committee of Ministers andDoc. 635, para. 38. The Resolution was adopted unanimously.
The Assembly,
1. Considering that it is most desirable to consolidate the relations of confidence existing between the democratic countries of Europe and North America ;
2. Recalling that a first conference took place in Strasbourg in 1951 between a delegation from the Congress of the United States led by Senator T.F. Green and Representative Eugene Cox and a delegation from the Consultative Assembly ;
3. Considering that, since then, the peoples of Europe have laid the foundations of a united European community by creating the European Economic Community - to be completed, it is hoped, by the formation of a Free Trade Area ; Euratom ; the Coal and Steel Community ; and the European Atomic Energy Agency ;
4. Considering that a discussion of these developments and other problems of mutual interest, by disclosing opinions on both sides of the Atlantic, will lead to better understanding and contribute to the solidarity of the Western world ;
5. Recalling that the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has welcomed "any initiative by the Consultative Assembly to establish liaison with the Canadian Parliament and the Congress of the United States" and that they have expressed their approval in principle of a Second Strasbourg Conference
Note,
6. Requests the President to make the necessary contacts and to send invitations at the appropriate time to the Speakers of the two Houses of the Congress of the United States and of the Canadian Parliament with a view to holding a Second Strasbourg Conference in 1959 on a date and with an agenda to be mutually agreed.
