Events in Central and Eastern Europe

Resolution 106 (1956)

Author(s):

Parliamentary Assembly

Origin

see Doc. 578, motion for a Resolution presented by Sir James Hutchison and others, and approved by the Special Committee to watch over the interests of the European nations not represented in the Council of Europe This Resolution was adopted by the Assembly at its 27th Sitting, on 25th October 1956

The Assembly,

Conscious that no tyranny can endure indefinitely;

Recognising that the spirit of man will always rise superior to oppression;

Deeply moved by the human tragedy now developing in Eastern and Central Europe,

Expresses, on this day 25th October 1956, its admiration and sympathy for all those who, at this time, are suffering and dying in order that the torch of freedom shall not be extinguished.