Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 May 2009
The second part of the fourth ordinary session of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe was held in Strasbourg, September 15–30, 1952. Mr. Baggiano-Pico (Italy) was elected to the vice-presidency vacated by the death of Mr. Jacini. The President of the assembly (deMenthon, France) announced that an extraordinary session would be held in mid-January 1953, to consider the work of the Ad Hoc Assembly entrusted with the preparation of a draft treaty for a European political community, a decision in which the deputies of the Committee of Ministers later concurred.
1 For information on the first part of the session, see International Organization, VI, p. 662.
2 The following summary of the second part of the fourth ordinary session of the Consultative Assembly is based on the following documents: Council of Europe, Consultative Assembly (Fourth Ordinary Session, 2d part), Official Records of Debates, Volumes 3, 4 and 5 Strasbourg, 1952Google Scholar; ibid., Documents, Working Papers, volumes 2 and 3; Council of Europe, Directorate of Information, Council of Europe News, 10 1, 1952Google Scholar.
3 Council of Europe, Directorate of Information, Press Release IP/552, November 7, 1952.
4 Ibid., IP/574, December 23, 1952.
5 Ibid., IP/565, December 5, 1952.
6 Ibid., IP/553, October 11, 1952.
7 For previous information on the political community, see International Organization, VI, p. 668.
8 For text of the questionnaire, see Council of Europe, Directorate of Information, Council of Europe News, 09 1, 1952, p. 3Google Scholar.
9 Ibid., October 1, 1952, p. 2–4.
10 Ibid., November 1, 1952, p. 2–4.
11 Ibid., December 1, 1952, p. 2–3.
12 Ibid., January 1, 1953, p. 2–7.