Council+of+Europe



**The Council of Europe (1949)**



Founded on May 5th, 1949, the Council of Europe seeks to develop throughout Europe common and democratic principles based on the European Convention on Human Rights and other reference texts on the protection of individuals. This is an organism dedicated to cooperation between states, but it has no politic and no economic power. The United Kingdom was unfavorable to a European federation; this led to the foundation to the Council of Europe.  The article 1 of the Statute of the Council of Europe stipulates: «The aim of the Council of Europe is to achieve a greater unity between its members...».



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**Sources**

- Council of Europe Website: www.coe.int - Wikipedia, retrived on March 15th, 2009 ; the dates are corresponding to the entering into force of the Treaties




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 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); text-align: left; display: block;"> Treaty of Rome (1957)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); text-align: left; display: block;"> Merger Treaty (1965)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); text-align: left; display: block;"> Single European Act (1987)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); text-align: left; display: block;"> Treaty on European Union (1992)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); text-align: left; display: block;"> Treaty of Amsterdam (1997)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); text-align: left; display: block;"> Treaty of Nice (2001)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); text-align: left; display: block;"> Treaty of Lisbon (2007)

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