Council of Europe (2)
01 January 1991
Council of Europe
artdoc July=1994
Mrs Catherine Lalumière the Secretary General of the Council of
Europe for the past five years was ousted from the post on 12
April and replaced by Mr Daniel Tarschys. Mrs Lalumière is a
French socialist, Mr Tarschys is a former Swedish conservative
MP. The reason given was that Mr Tarschys speaks Russian and this
is seen as an asset in responding to applications to join the
Council from Russia, Belarus and the Ukraine. Financial Times,
14.4.94.
Statewatch, vol 4 no 3, May-June 1994