Motion for a recommendation | Doc. 683 | 21 June 1957
Establishement of relations between the Council of Europe and the Organisation of American States
The Assembly,
Considering that it is desirable to increase friendship and develop links of all kinds between Europe and North and South America in order to strengthen the solidarity of the Atlantic nations and ensure the safety of the free world and the defence of Western civilisation ;
Recalling that at their Seventh Session in March 1951 the Committee of Ministers " affirmed their desire to establish close liaison between existing European organisations and the countries of North America ",
Recommends to the Committee of Ministers that they should consider the possibility of establishing relations between the Council of Europe and the Organisation of American States and that they should submit proposals to this end to the Assembly.