” “Three are the dates that these days are involving the bodies of the Council of Europe. Innsbruck (Austria) plays host, until tomorrow, to the general meeting of the Council of Municipalities and Regions of Europe, headed by Giovanni Di Stasi, president of the Congress, and by Yavuz Mildon, president of the Chamber of Regions. Many are the items on the agenda, including the quality of public services supplied by local bodies in Europe. "One session will be focussed explains a note from the CoE on the local and regional powers of South-Eastern Europe". Tomorrow, the Strasbourg premises will be the venue of a study day on poverty in Europe. "During the meeting explain the promoters many conferences and workshops will be organised about the central subjects of poverty threatening social relations". Finally, next week (18-19 May) the Palais de l’Europe will bring together the Committee of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the 46 member states of the Council of Europe, which will mark the end of the current Rumanian chairmanship of the Committee, which will be handed over to the Russian federation for the next six months. The agenda includes: the situation in Kosovo, the strengthening of the system for the protection of human rights of the CoE, the improvement of cooperation between the CoE and the European Union. Sergey Lavrov, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, will present the priorities of his chairmanship at the end of the session.” ” ” “
