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Statement by Eduard Ludwig on the issue of the seats in the Council of Europe (1956)
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Statement by M.Ludwig, observer for the Austrian government, in Council of Europe-Documents of the Committee of Ministers. Confidential. 1956-I (January-June 1956) . 1956, p. 98.
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allocation of seats, Austria, Council of Europe
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| Copyright |
© Council of Europe
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In 1956, following Austria's accession to the Council of Europe, Eduard Ludwig, Minister Plenipotentiary and official Observer of the Austrian Government at the Council of Europe, calls for an increase in the number of seats allocated to the Austrian representatives in the Consultative Assembly.
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| Location in the digital library |
SPECIAL FILES >> Austria and the European integration process >> Austria's participation in the European organisations >> The establishment of the Council of Europe and the accession of Austria
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Statement by M. Ludwig, Observer for the Austrian Government
Mr. Chairman, I wish to thank you for your kind words welcoming the accession of the Federal Republic of Austria to the Council of Europe. I do not want to dwell on the long history of the occupation of Austria. In 1946 we succeeded in participating in the Gstaad and Interlaken conferences, followed by the big conference at The Hague, and after the foundation of the Council of Europe we attended Assembly Sessions and committee meetings as observers, with full rights other than the right to vote. But this representation was limited to the parliamentary plane. The Government could not consent to the accession of Austria. It was represented by an official Observer, but took no actual part in meetings of the Committee of Ministers, the Ministers' Deputies, etc. That was the position until recently. After the signing of the State Treaty and the evacuation of our territory by foreign troops, the situation assumed a new complexion. We took our destinies into our own hands, and you know what discussions ensued on the letter and substance of our neutrality; it was this neutrality which enabled us to become a full Member of the Council of Europe. Our accession is based on the Preamble and Article 3 of the Statute of the Council of Europe. But I would venture to make one observation. In pursuance of Arti (...) Read more in ENA |
| See also |
Letter from Ernst Paul to Karl Wistrand (Bonn, 4 February 1956)
Leopold Figl and Gaetano Martino (Strasbourg, 16 April 1956)
Accession of Austria to the Council of Europe (Strasbourg, 16 April 1956)
Ceremony to mark Austria’s accession to the Council of Europe (Strasbourg, 16 April 1956)
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