Russian JWs continue to rely on Satan's politicians from the Council of Europe, rather than Jehovah, to intercede with their own government.
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20-23 November [2001]
Parliamentary Assembly monitoring co-rapporteurs visit Russia
David Atkinson (United Kingdom, EDG) and Rudolf Bindig (Germany, SOC), co-rapporteurs on Russia for the Parliamentary Assembly's Monitoring Committee, will meet ministers, senior members of the judiciary, parliamentarians, media representatives, religious organisations (including the Salvation Army and Jehovah's Witnesses), and NGOs.
Contact : Angus Macdonald, Tel. +33 3 88 41 34 39 ; E-mail: [email protected]
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Origins and membership:
The Council of Europe is the continent's oldest political organisation, founded in 1949.
It:
groups together 43 countries, including 19 ex-communist countries (see paragraph on "the pan-European dimension"),
has applications from 3 more countries,
has granted observer status to 5 more countries (the Holy See, the United States, Canada, Japan and Mexico),
is distinct from the 15-nation European Union, but no country has ever joined the Union without first belonging to the Council of Europe,
has its headquarters in Strasbourg, in north-eastern France.
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The main component parts of the Council of Europe are:
the Committee of Ministers, composed of the 43 foreign ministers or their Strasbourg-based deputies (ambassadors/permanent representatives), which is the Organisation's decision-making body. It is currently chaired by Liechtenstein.
the Parliamentary Assembly, grouping 602 members (301 representatives and 301 substitutes) from the 43 national parliaments and Special Guest delegations from the two parliaments of east European non-member states. The current President is Lord Russell-Johnston of the United Kindom.
the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, composed of a Chamber of Local Authorities and a Chamber of Regions. Its current President is Llibert Cuatrecasas of Spain.
the 1300-strong secretariat headed since 1999 by Secretary General Walter Schwimmer (Austria) former Vice-President of the parliamentary Assembly and former President of the Group of the European's people party.