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Council of Europe

Council of Europe Logo (Photo: http://www.coe.int/DefaultEN.asp)

Council of Europe

An all-European organisation based in Strasbourg with 47 European member states representing 820 million citizens. Founded in 1949 following the Congress of Europe in The Hague. Not to be confused with the European Council or the Council of Ministers of the EU. 

The Council of Europe has a parliamentary assembly, meeting in Strasbourg near the European Parliament. The parliamentary assembly can advise a ministerial committee that makes recommendations for the  member states. 

Unlike the EU, the Council of Europe does not make supra-national binding decisions or laws. It has been responsible for a number of international Conventions, in particular the European Convention on Human Rights.  

Notes 

The EU borrowed its blue and yellow 12 star flag from the Council of Europe as well as Beethoven's ninth symphony, which is used as the European anthem. There are therefore now two different European institutions using the same flag and music for symbolic identification and with the joint aim of promoting European cooperation. 

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