The Council of Europe, an international organization for human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe, headquartered in Strasbourg, France, was founded on 5 May 1949, to achieve greater unity among its member states on the basis of their common traditions of political freedom.
The greatest ideologists of the Council of Europe were Winston Churchill, Robert Schuman and Konrad Adenauer ,DHA Press quotes CE Report.
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