The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: the Statute of the Council of Europe article 1. 5 May 1949, the Council of Europe statute (hereinafter referred to as the Statute) with this law is adopted and approved. 2. article. The law shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation. With the law put this law referred to in article 1 of the Statute and their translation into Latvian language. 3. article. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the basis of this law and in accordance with this law, article 1 of the statutes referred to in article 4 shall be prepared to submit the instrument of accession with the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe. 4. article. This law referred to in article 1 of the Statute and their translation into Latvian language comes into effect article 4 of the Statute. The law adopted in 1995 the Saeima on 2 February. The President g. Ulmanis in Riga, 1995 14 February, the Statute of the Council of Europe (London 05.05.1949) The Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the French Republic, the Republic of Ireland, the Italian Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Government, expressing the conviction that the peace, which is based on justice and international cooperation, is a vital role in human society and the preservation of civilization; Reaffirming their commitment to the spiritual and moral values which are the common heritage of the peoples of the countries and people of freedom, political freedom and the rule of law implementation source principles, which form the basis of any genuine democracy; believing that this ideal conservation and further implementation, as well as economic and social progress is necessary in the interests of creating closer links between all like-minded countries of Europe; considering that this need and their clearly expressed desires of the peoples to meet the need to immediately create a Organization closer to the United States of Europe, taking all of the above, have decided to create the Council of Europe, which consists of the representatives of the Governments and of the Committee of the Consultative Assembly, and to this end has adopted the following terms of reference.   (I) section. The aim of the Council of Europe 1. paragraph (a)) the aim of the Council of Europe is to achieve greater unity between its members, the ideal and the provision and implementation of the principles which form the common heritage of these countries and promote economic and social progress. (b)), this objective will be implemented through Council institutions, discussing issues concerning the interests of all members, and contracts common to acting in the economic, social, cultural, scientific, legal and administrative, as well as in the preservation of human rights and fundamental freedoms and further implementation. c) participation in the Council of Europe shall not affect the collaboration of its members in the framework of the United Nations, other organizations or communities where they participate in the activities. d) national defence issues fall outside the scope of the Council of Europe.   (II) section. Paragraph 2 of the membership of the Council of Europe members are members of these statutes. 3. paragraph for each Member of the Council of Europe must accept the principles which ensure the rule of law and all the people fully enjoy human rights and fundamental freedoms within the jurisdiction of the members of the Council, and in good faith and effectively cooperate in the formulation of the title I objective. 4. paragraph any European State which is deemed able and willing to fulfil the provisions of paragraph 3, the Committee of Ministers may be invited to become a member of the Council of Europe. In this way the State invited to become a member, submitting on behalf of the Secretary-General in document of accession to these statutes. 5. paragraph (a)), in special circumstances, a European country which is deemed able and wishing to meet the provisions of paragraph 3, the Committee of Ministers may be invited to become an associate member of the Council of Europe. In this way the State invited to become an associate member by submitting on behalf of the Secretary-General in document of accession to these statutes. An associate member is entitled to be represented in the Consultative Assembly only. (b) these terms of reference term) "Member" is also referred to as associate member, except when it comes to the representation in the Committee of Ministers. 6. paragraph Before sending the invitation under paragraph 4 or 5, the Committee of Ministers shall determine the number of representatives in the Consultative Assembly will be entitled to a Member State, as well as its candidates for membership fee. 7. paragraph Any member of the Council of Europe may withdraw from the Organization, officially announcing their intention to the Secretary-General. Such withdrawal shall take effect at the end of the financial year in which the notice is given, unless the notice is submitted to the relevant financial year in the first nine months. If the statement is filed in fiscal year three in recent months, it shall enter into force at the end of the year. 8. paragraph for any member of the Council of Europe, who have committed a serious infringement of the provisions of paragraph 3, may be denied the right of representation, and the Committee of Ministers may request its withdrawal in accordance with paragraph 7. If such member does not comply with that requirement, the Committee may decide that the membership of the Council members is stopped from the date determined by the Committee. 9. paragraph a member who has not fulfilled his financial obligations, the Committee of Ministers may deny the right of representation on the Committee and the Consultative Assembly until such time as these obligations will not be met.   Title III. The General provisions of paragraph 10 of Council of Europe bodies are the following: (i)), the Committee of Ministers; II) Consultative Assembly. Both of these institutions serving the Secretariat of the Council of Europe. 11. paragraph 1 of the Council of Europe headquarters in Strasbourg. 12. paragraph the Council of Europe's official languages are English and French. The Committee of Ministers and the Consultative Assembly's rules of procedure shall determine in what circumstances and under what conditions other languages may be used.   Section IV. 13. The Committee of Ministers the Committee of Ministers is the paragraph the institution acting on behalf of the Council of Europe in accordance with paragraph 15 and 16. 14. paragraph each Member is entitled to one representative on the Committee of Ministers, and each representative shall be entitled to one vote. Representatives of the Committee's Foreign Ministers. In cases where the presence of the Foreign Minister is not possible, or in other cases it may be desirable, it may be acting, who act on behalf of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and who should, if possible, its Government member. 15. paragraph (a)), the Committee of Ministers at the recommendation of the Consultative Assembly or on its own initiative, discusses the steps that are required in the Council of Europe, the objective of the Convention or contracting and Government acceptance of the common policy in relation to specific issues. Its conclusions shall be deposited with the Secretary-General on Member States. (b)) in appropriate cases, the Committee can be expressed as recommendations to the Governments of the Member States, and the Committee may ask the Governments of the Member States to inform them about the activities which are carried out in the context of those recommendations. 16. paragraph the Committee of Ministers for the 24, 28, 30, 32, 33 and 35. the rules referred to in paragraph 2, concerning the powers of the Consultative Assembly, make binding decisions in all matters relating to the internal organisation of the European Council and the measures. For this purpose the Committee of Ministers can perform all necessary financial and administrative measures. 17. paragraph the Committee of Ministers can create advisory and Technical Committee for such specific purposes as it considers desirable. 18. paragraph to the Committee of Ministers shall adopt its rules of procedure, which lay down, among other things: i) the quorum; (ii) the designation of the type of) President and his term of Office; (iii)) to include in the agenda the question of decision-making procedures, including the submission of the draft resolution; IV) the necessary notifications regarding the site artist nomination in accordance with paragraph 14. 19. each paragraph of Consultative Assembly during the Committee of Ministers shall submit to it reports on its activities, complementing them with appropriate documentation. 20. paragraph a) resolutions of the Committee of Ministers with regard to the following issues: (i) paragraph 15.) referred to in point (b) of the recommendations; II) 19. questions referred to in paragraph 2; 21. paragraph II) (a) (i) and (b) above; 33. in paragraph IV); 1. paragraph v) of paragraph (d), 7, 15, 20 and 22 amendments to the paragraph; vi) any other issues that the Committee decide, when adopting the resolution, as set out in paragraph (d) below must be accepted unanimously — given their importance, they need all the representatives who participated in the vote unanimous acceptance and the Committee of the representatives of the majority of the country. (b)) decisions in matters relating to rules of procedure or the financial and administrative matters, the Committee may be adopted by the simple majority of the representatives. (c) the adoption of the resolution by the Committee), referring to paragraph 4 and 5 of these issues requires a two-thirds majority of the representatives of the National Committee for acceptance. (d)) the rest of the adoption of the resolution, including the budget, the rules of procedure and the financial and administrative regulations, the approval of this amendment to paragraph 2 of the Statute, other than those referred to in paragraph (a) (v), as well as in the event of doubt, deciding which of the points of a paragraph is applicable, required a two-thirds vote of the representatives who participated in the acceptance and the Committee of the representatives of the majority of existing country presence. 21. paragraph (a)) unless the Committee decides otherwise, meetings of the Committee of Ministers shall be held: (i)) and behind closed doors ii) Council headquarters. (b)), the Committee determines what information is published regarding closed meetings and discussions. (c)) shall hold the Committee meeting before each session of the Assembly of the Advisory Forum and the beginning of this session, as well as at other times at the discretion of the Committee.   Title v. 22. the Consultative Assembly of the Consultative Assembly of the paragraph is the advisory body of the Council of Europe. It discusses the issues falling within its competence, in accordance with these statutes, and give recommendations to the Committee of Ministers. 23. paragraph 1 (a)) the Consultative Assembly may discuss and make recommendations on all matters relating to title I European Council referred to in objectives and scope. It also discusses, and can make recommendations on the issue, on which the Committee of Ministers is asked to express their feelings. (b) the Assembly shall establish its own) agenda in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (a) above, taking into account the other European intergovernmental organisations, which involves some or all of the members of the Council. (c)), the President of the Assembly in case of doubt whether the question raised in the course of the session, meet the Assembly's agenda. 24. paragraph Consultative Assembly, taking into account paragraph 38 (d), you can create a Committee or Commission to consider any matter which, in accordance with paragraph 29 of its competence, and to report on the review and to prepare its agenda included issues and advise on all matters of procedure. 25. paragrāfs2 a) Advisory Assembly composed of representatives of each Member State, which Member of Parliament elected from among the members of this Parliament or appointed from among the members of this Parliament in the way they have decided their own Parliament, having regard to each Member State the right to appoint papildpārstāvj to Parliament in breakout sessions, unless the Parliament is not taken, the appropriate procedure for the appointment of such papildpārstāvj. Each representative must be a national of the State which it represents, but it can not be simultaneously a member of the Committee of Ministers. In this way, the term of Office of appointed representatives shall start with the current session, which takes place immediately after the appointment of the representative; It shall end with the beginning of the next regular session, except in the context of elections of national parliaments in these Member States has the right to appoint new representatives. If a member fills vacancies due to death or resignation, or appoint new delegates due to the last elections, the new term of Office of representatives thus begins the first participation in the work of the Assembly immediately after the appointment. (b) the representative Assembly) session can take away its status only with the consent of the Assembly. (c)) for each representative can be a Vice-President in the absence of the representatives participating in the work of the Assembly, speak and vote in his place; (a) the provisions of paragraph 1 apply also for the appointment of a Deputy. 26. paragrāfs3 members are entitled to the following: the representatives of Austria Liechtenstein Luxembourg Belgium 7 3 2 6 Bulgaria Malta 3 Cyprus 3 6 Netherlands 7 Norway 5 Denmark 8 Czechoslovakia 5 Finland Portugal France Poland 12 5 7 18 Germany 18 12 2 San Marino Spain Sweden Switzerland Hungary 7 Greece 7 6 6 12 4 Iceland 3 Turkey Italy Ireland United Kingdom 18 18 27. paragrāfs4 rules the Committee of Ministers collectively may participate Consultative Assembly debates or Committee members or their individual places the performers can be made to the Assembly, establishes the procedural rules in the matter, which shall be adopted by the Committee after consultation with the Assembly. 28. paragraph (a)), the Advisory Assembly approved its rules of procedure and elect from among its members by its President, in exercising his functions until the next ordinary session. (b)) the President controls the course of the work, but does not participate in debate, not in voting no. As President of the elected Deputy participates in the work of the Assembly, speak and vote in his place. c) rules of procedure shall determine inter alia: i) the quorum; (ii) the President and other officers) of the type of election and term of Office; (iii) determination of the agenda) and the order in which it is communicated to representatives; IV) the time and manner in which it is communicated to the representatives and deputies. 29. paragraph taking into account the provisions of paragraph 30, to accept the Advisory Assembly resolutions, including resolutions: i) expressing recommendations the Committee of Ministers; (ii) in which the Committee recommended) questions for debate in the Assembly; (iii) the Committee or Commission); (iv) convening its sessions); v) which specifies what type of majority required for the adoption of the resolution, which is not included in the above paragraphs i-iv, or in cases of doubt, the requisite majority resolutions on the definition of the necessary two-thirds majority of representatives who participated in the vote. 30. paragraph matters relating to the internal procedures of the Assembly, including the election of officers, on the nomination of the Committee and the Commission and approval of the rules of procedure, the Advisory Assembly resolution may be adopted by the majority laid down by the Assembly in accordance with paragraph 29 of the v points. 31. paragraph debate on proposals to the Committee of Ministers with regard to the question of the inclusion of a Consultative Assembly agenda should be limited to only the question affected the content of the arguments for and against its inclusion in the agenda. 32. paragraph Consultative Assembly shall hold its ordinary session once a year, and the date of convening the session duration is determined by the Assembly, trying to avoid the possible agreement with the Member States, Parliament sessions and UN General Assembly sessions. In any case, the current session duration may not exceed one month, if one disagrees and the Assembly and the Committee of Ministers. 33. paragraph Consultative Assembly regular session shall be held at the seat of the Council unless both the Assembly and the Committee of Ministers does not agree that the session is held in a different location. 34. The Consultative Assembly of the paragrāfs5 may be convened in extraordinary session by the Committee of Ministers or the President of the Assembly, on the proposal of the mutual agreement between them, and this arrangement is also time and place of the session. 35. paragraph Consultative Assembly debate is public unless the Assembly decides otherwise.   Section VI. 36. paragraph (a) by the Secretariat) the secretariat consisting of a Secretary-General, his Deputy and other staff as appropriate. (b)) and his Deputy Secretary-general appoint the Advisory Assembly after the recommendation of the Committee of Ministers. (c) the staff of the Secretariat General) appointed by the Secretary-General in accordance with the Statute on the administration. d) no staff member of the Secretariat may not work for any Government paid job, to be a member of the Consultative Assembly or a legislative body of the country of the Member to engage in any other work that is not related to the duties to be carried out. e) each employee of the Secretariat should give a solemn promise, in which he attests to her obligations before the Council of Europe, the fact that these obligations will make conscientious and do not put any national impact that deemed not wait and will not receive any instructions with respect to the performance of their duties from any Government or other authority outside the Council, as well as to refrain from any action which might affect his as the only Council of international officials subject to status. The Secretary-General and his Deputy for this promise to go in front of the Committee, other employees of the Secretariat of the Secretary General. f) each Member shall respect the will of the Secretary-General and the Secretariat staff for the exclusive international character of responsibilities and not seek to make their action would conflict with the responsibilities imposed upon them. 37. paragraph (a)), the Secretariat of the Council headquarters is located. (b)), the Secretary-General is responsible to the Committee of Ministers on the work of the Secretariat. Among other tasks it according to point (d) of paragraph 38 provides Consultative Assembly with such Secretariat and other assistance as requested by the Assembly.   Section VII. 38. paragrāfs6 a) finances each Member the same shall bear their own costs of representation in the Committee of Ministers and the Consultative Assembly. (b) the expenditure of the Secretariat) and all others total expenditure is distributed among members in the proportions determined by the Committee according to the number of Member States. Associate members Committee contributions are set. (c)) in accordance with the financial regulations, the Secretary-General shall submit each year to the Budget Committee of the Council for approval. (d)) the Secretary-General shall forward to the Committee referred to the Assembly's requests, which involve expenditure exceeding the Assembly and its operation already allocated in the budget amount. (e)), the Secretary-General submitted to the Committee of Ministers on the expenses that will arise in the implementation of the recommendations presented to the Committee. Any resolution the implementation of which requires additional costs, is not considered to be adopted unless the Committee has not been approved by the respective additional costs to them. 39. paragraph the Secretary-General shall each year notify the Government of each Member of its contribution, and each Member shall contribute the amount specified in the notice to the Secretary-General not later than six months from the date of notification.   Section VIII. Privileges and immunities 40. paragraph (a)), the Council of Europe, representatives of members and the Secretariat in the territory of the Member States enjoy such privileges and immunities as are necessary for the carrying out of their duties. This immunity shall include all of the representatives of the Advisory Assembly of the immunity from arrest and all legal proceedings in the territories of the Member States relating to the Assembly, its committees or the views expressed in the Commission or take in the vote. (b) as soon as possible) members reached an agreement on the provisions of paragraph (a) above. To this end, the Committee of Ministers recommends that the Governments of the Member States to accept a contract that guaranteed certain privileges and immunities on the territory of all members. In addition, a specific agreement to be concluded with the Government of the French Republic on the privileges and immunities of the Council that will apply to its headquarters.   Title IX. Amendment 41 paragraph a) proposals for the amendment of this Statute may be made by the Committee of Ministers or paragraph 23 in the cases provided for in the Consultative Assembly. (b)) Committee recommends and supports the amendments of ieprotokolēšan, which it considers necessary. c) Protocol of amendment shall enter into force when it is signed and ratified by two-thirds of the members. d) Notwithstanding the preceding paragraphs of this paragraph, 23.-35, 38 and 39. paragraph. amendments approved by the Committee of Ministers and the Assembly, shall enter into force from the date of notification by the Secretary-General, the Governments of the Member States confirm their approval. This point is not effective until the Assembly of the second regular session for decision.   Title x. Final provisions 42. paragraph a) these terms of reference is ratificējam. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited in storage in the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. (b)) these statutes shall enter into force after the ratification of the seven documents in storage. The British Government will transfer all signatory Governments of the receipt of the document with the statement that these terms of reference have entered into force, indicating which countries the relevant date is the Council of Europe. (c)) all the other signatories of this Charter becomes the parties from the date on which they submit the instruments of ratification of the Statute in storage. Being duly authorized by their signatures attest to these statutes. Signed in London on 5 May 1949 in the English and French languages both texts are, moreover, completely authentic, in a single copy which will be transferred to storage in the archives of the United Kingdom Government and the Government of the United Kingdom will be a certified copy of the statutes of the other signatory Governments.

The statute applied to the text, approved by the Committee of Ministers on 8 and 9 of the session, and a final version of which is included in the revised statutes of the Committee of Ministers i. resolution adopted in its session of 8 in May 1951 the Committee of Ministers concerning the proposals for the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe's Statute, the Court considered that the following terms do not conflict with the current statutes, to declare their willingness to extend the legal force of such provisions Admission of new members: the Committee of Ministers before it invites any country to become a member of the Council of Europe or associate member pursuant to the Statute, paragraph 4 and 5, or before any proposals for the State to withdraw from the Council of Europe in accordance with paragraph 8, consult the Consultative Assembly according to existing practices. The powers of the Committee of Ministers (paragraph 15 of the Statute) the conclusions of the Committee may make appropriate conventions or agreements. In this case, significantly to the following provisions: (i) the Secretary General shall forward to the Convention or) agreement to all members for ratification; II) all members undertake, within one year of receipt or, if this is not possible due to exceptional circumstances, of eighteen months the question of ratification of the Convention or the agreement to nominate national competent authority or authorities; III) the instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General for storage; IV) Convention or agreement is binding only for those members who ratified it. The Joint Committee shall (i)), the Joint Committee is the steering body of the Council of Europe. Without prejudice to the Committee of Ministers and the Consultative Assembly, the functions of the Joint Committee are the following: a) consider matters affecting both institutions; (b) to pay both these institutions) attention to issues that can cause the interest of the Council of Europe; (c)) to propose to the Committee of Ministers and the Consultative Assembly session to include in the agenda of the questions; (d)) to consider and promote products that give practical effect to the one or other bodies for the implementation of the adopted recommendations. (ii)) (a)) the Joint Committee shall, in principle, consist of twelve members, five representing the Committee of Ministers from them and seven Advisory Assembly; This seven-including the President of the Consultative Assembly, who will be a member ex officio. You can increase the number of members, the Committee of Ministers and the Consultative Assembly by agreement. However, the Committee of Ministers, in its sole discretion, may increase the number of its representatives by one or two people. (b)), the Committee of Ministers and the Consultative Assembly freely choose the order in which they nominate its representatives to the Joint Committee work. (c) the Secretary-General shall have the right to) attend meetings of the Joint Committee in an advisory capacity. (iii)) (a)), the President of the Consultative Assembly is the Chairman of the Joint Committee. (b)) Committee is working, if you have provided a quorum consisting of three representatives of the Committee of Ministers and the Consultative Assembly of the five representatives. (c)) the conclusions of the Joint Committee accepted without a vote. d) Joint Committee meetings shall be convened by the President as required, that is, before and after the Committee of Ministers and the Consultative Assembly sessions. e) in the light of the above provisions, the Joint Committee may adopt its own rules of procedure. Specialised institutions (a) (i))) the European Council may put forward the initiative to start negotiations among members, to create a specialised European institutions, which would be competent in the economic, social, cultural, legal, administrative and other similar areas. b) each Member shall be free to choose to join or not to join any of the European specialised institutions. (ii) If the Member States), on its own initiative creates a specialised European institutions, to examine the need to establish a communication between them and the European Council, taking account of the interests of the European venture. (iii)) (a)), the Committee of Ministers can ask any institutions to report periodically on their activities. (b) where a contract of) specialized in the creation of the institution is provided for its exposure to a parliamentary institution, this parliamentary institution may be asked to provide periodic reports to the Council of Europe Consultative Assembly. (iv)) (a)) rules, under which a specialist institution, liaison with the Council can be regulated in a special agreement concluded between the Council and the specialised bodies concerned. Such agreements are also provided: 1) reciprocal representation and, if you have a question about integration-relevant Council of Europe bodies and specialized types of integration; 2) information, documents and statistical data exchange; 3) specialized bodies reporting to the Council of Europe and the recommendations of the Council of Europe specialised institution going; 4) measures relating to personnel and administrative, technical, budgetary and financial services. (b)) for the following contract negotiations led the Committee of Ministers and the Consultative Assembly at point of clearance they concluded on behalf of the Council of Europe. (v)), the Council of Europe can coordinate the work of the specialised bodies, which established relations with the Council of Europe, in accordance with the above provisions, the Act of joint discussions and giving them their own recommendations, as well as giving recommendations to the Governments of members. Relations with intergovernmental and non-governmental international organisations (i)), the Committee of Ministers may, on behalf of the Council of Europe to enter into contracts with any intergovernmental organizations in matters falling within the competence of the Council. These agreements define the rules under which the organization establishes relations with the Council of Europe. (ii)), the Council of Europe or any of the institutions are authorised to perform any functions that fall within the scope of the Council of Europe and which it is entrusted by other European intergovernmental organisations. The Committee of Ministers concluded all the necessary for this purpose. III) contract as referred to in point (i), may be provided, inter alia: (a)) that the Council will take appropriate steps to obtain regular reports from the organizations and information, as well as to supply them with appropriate messages and information orally or in writing; (b)) that the Council will provide the services that these organisations will ask. (iv)), the Committee of Ministers on behalf of the Council of Europe may take appropriate measures to consult with international non-governmental organizations dealing with the competence of the Council of Europe. II. Partial agreements (resolution of the Committee of Ministers adopted at its session on 9 august 1951), the Committee of Ministers, having regard to the Statute, paragraph 20 (a), which States that in such cases, when the Committee of Ministers adopted recommendations to the Governments of members, who participated in the vote requires unanimity of the representatives of the Committee and a majority of the representatives; taking into account the recommendations of 3 adopted by the Consultative Assembly in august 1950; Desiring consensus possible, but recognizing that, in certain circumstances, individual Board members may wish to refrain from participating in; considering that to this end it would be desirable for withholding procedure that is already recognised in paragraph 20 (a) of the Statute, should be defined in such a way that individual representatives of the Committee of Ministers could, refraining from voting on the proposal, to avoid the imposition of decisions their Governments adopted their colleagues, has decided: 1. If the Committee of representatives who participated in the vote by unanimous decision in the Committee in the presence of a majority of the representatives decide that withholding voting on any question is allowed This proposal is made to the Committee for consideration; It is believed that this proposal is adopted, only those representatives who voted for it, and its efforts are also limited. 2. any extra costs resulting from the Council due to this kind of procedure, approved the proposal, shall cover only those members whose representatives have voted on the proposal. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 May 1951 With amendments. 2 the first sentence of point (a) by May 1951. The last subparagraph of point (a) are added in May 1953; the first subparagraph of point (a) is amended in October 1970. 3 To December 1951, in May 1958, November 1961, 1963 may, may 1965, February 1971, 1974, 1976-December, October-January, 1978 in November 1978, November 1988, May 1989, November 1990, 1991 February, 1991 and November 1992 amendments of May. 4 May 1951. 5 May 1951. 6 (e) was added in May 1951. 7 That "the statute applied To the text" version combines the views expressed orally amended in order to clarify the terms of reference of the English and French versions of the approved 40 of the Ministers ' deputies meeting (8.1956-June 16).