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The main component parts of the Council of Europe are: • the Committee of Ministers, composed of the 46 Foreign ministers or their Strasbourg-based deputies (ambassadors/permanent representatives), which is the Organisation's decision-making body. • the Parliamentary Assembly, grouping 630 members (315 representatives and 315 substitutes) from the 46 national parliaments. The current President is René van der Linden (the Netherlands, EPP/CD). • the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, composed of a Chamber of Local Authorities and a Chamber of Regions. Its current President is Halvdan Skard (Norway, SOC) • the 1800-strong secretariat headed since September 2004 by Secretary General Terry Davis (United Kingdom, SOC), former Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly and former President of the Socialist Group of the Assembly. |
| European
Union |
| The European Investment Bank |
| Council
of Europe |
| Origins and membership |
| Aims |
| Political aims |
| How it works |
| Ordinary budget |
| Some practical achievements |
| The pan-European dimension |
