Germany joining the next year. It now has 46 member states, with Montenegro being the latest to join. Article 4 of the Council of Europe Statute specifies...

The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are party to the EU's founding treaties, and thereby subject to the...

The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (Arabic: مجلس التعاون لدول الخلیج العربية), also known as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC; Arabic:...

democracy and the rule of law in Europe. Founded in 1949, it brings together 46 member states with a population of approximately 675 million as of 2023[update];...

democracy and the rule of law. The Assembly is made up of 306 members drawn from the national parliaments of the Council of Europe's member states, and meets...

been a member of the Council of Europe, an international organization that focuses on strengthening democracy, human rights, and the rule of law across...

Member states of the World Sports Alliance | 24 Member states of the League of Nations Member states of the Venice Commission | 58 Member states of the...

of Belgium. EUCO is composed of the heads of state or government of the EU member states, the President of the European Council, and the President of...

adopted in 1955 by the Council of Europe (CoE) as a symbol for the whole of Europe. Since 1985, the flag has also been a symbol of the European Union (EU), whose...

The Council of the European Union, often referred to in the treaties and other official documents simply as the Council, and informally known as the Council...

within the context of the Council of Europe, and all of its 46 member states are contracting parties to the convention. The court's primary means of judicial...

des ministres) is the Council of Europe's decision-making body. It comprises the Foreign Affairs Ministers of all the member states, or their permanent...

heads of state or of government of the EU member states, the President of the European Council, and the President of the European Commission. The High...

Security Council. In addition to the member states, the UN also invites non-member states to be observer states at the UN General Assembly. A member state...

Membership of the United Nations Security Council is held by the five permanent members and ten elected, non-permanent members. Being elected requires...

from the twelve member states of the Council of Europe gathered in Strasbourg in the summer of 1949 for the first-ever meeting of the Council's Consultative...

The presidency of the Council of the European Union is responsible for the functioning of the Council of the European Union, which is the co-legislator...

of 32 member states from Europe and North America. It was established at the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949. Article 5 of the treaty...

47 member states of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg except for Greece and Monaco. It has also been ratified by the Council of Europe non-member states...

Strasbourg Patent Convention, is a multilateral treaty signed by Member States of the Council of Europe on 27 November 1963 in Strasbourg, France. It entered into...

any UN member state but are defined as states by the declarative theory of statehood. None are members of the UN, Council of Europe or EU. The following...

which the Council of Europe was set up in London on 5 May 1949, namely to achieve greater unity between its Member States for the purpose of safeguarding...

The European Convention on Extradition is a multilateral treaty on extradition drawn in 1957 up by the member states of the Council of Europe and in force...

the Council of Europe is the legal and political process whereby a member state of the Council of Europe rescinds from the Statute of the Council of Europe...

protecting the rights of minorities. It came into effect in 1998 and by 2009 it had been ratified by 39 member states. The Council of Europe first discussed...

The European Union (EU) has expanded a number of times throughout its history by way of the accession of new member states to the Union. To join the EU...

The European Union itself does not issue ordinary passports, but ordinary passport booklets issued by its 27 member states share a common format. This...

The Statute of the Council of Europe (also known as the Treaty of London (1949)), signed on 5 May 1949, brought into existence the Council of Europe, an...

Switzerland. The organization operates in parallel with the European Union (EU), and all four member states participate in the European Single Market...

is a member of the Council of Europe. Membership is obligatory for joining the European Union. As of 2023[update] Turkey has nearly a third of the cases...