16 March 1994

Doc. 7043

COMMUNICATION

FROM THE COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS

on the appointment

of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe

      The Bureau transmits herewith to the Assembly the communication from the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers regarding the candidate for the post of Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

Extract from the Rules of Procedure

concerning the appointment of the Secretary General 1

"2.       Criteria determining the choice of candidates

      The following criteria shall determine the choice of candidates :

      a. The recruitment of persons of the highest ability and integrity and suitability for the post to be filled.

      b. The qualifications and experience of persons already employed by the Council of Europe shall be taken into consideration, so that members of the Secretariat may have reasonable prospects of promotion.

      c. The desirability of ensuring an equitable geographical allocation of appointments among nationals of the Member States subject to the overriding interests of efficiency. No office in the Secretariat shall be considered to be the prerogative of any particular Member State.

...

6.       Procedure in the Bureau

      The proposals submitted to the Assembly by the Committee of Ministers shall be examined by the Bureau, which may summon candidates to an interview. The Bureau shall then transmit the proposals to the Assembly, indicating, if it thinks fit and where appropriate, its own order of preference and the order of preference of the Committee of Ministers with regard to the candidates.

7.       Procedure in the Assembly

      a. The Assembly shall proceed to make the appointment.

      b. Voting shall be by secret ballot.

      c. An absolute majority of the votes cast shall be required at the first ballot and a relative majority at the second.

8.       Term of office and possible re-appointment

      a. The three senior officials shall henceforth be appointed for a period of five years.

      b. Not less than six months before the expiry of the term of any such official, the procedure laid down in the preceding clauses shall be set in motion ; the official may be put forward again as a candidate in accordance with clause 1, and his term may always be renewed for a period specified in advance by agreement between the Assembly and the Committee of Ministers in the Joint Committee."

Letter from the Chairman of the Ministers' Deputies

to the President of the Assembly, dated 15 March 1994

      Sir,

      I have the honour to send you herewith Resolution (94) 6 concerning the appointment to the post of Secretary General, which the Committee of Ministers adopted on 15 March 1994, following the Joint Committee meeting on 28 January 1994.

      The curricula vitae of the candidates are also attached.

      Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

Signed:

Hugo Fonder

Chairman of the Ministers' Deputies

APPENDIX I

Resolution (94) 6

on the appointment to the post of

Secretary General

(adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 15 March 1994

at the 509th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)

      The Committee of Ministers, under the terms of Article 36.b of the Statute of the Council of Europe,

      Having regard to the Rules of Procedure for appointment to the posts of Secretary General, Deputy Secretary General and Clerk of the Assembly having the rank of Deputy Secretary General;

      Having examined the three candidatures presented by the Governments of France, Italy and Sweden;

Having interviewed the three candidates;

      Having consulted the Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly in the Joint Committee,

      Having taken note on 15 March 1994 of the fact that the candidature of Mr Antonio LA PERGOLA could no longer be maintained, taking into account his appointment by the Italian Government to another senior office,

      Decides to transmit to the Parliamentary Assembly, for consideration for appointment to the post of Secretary General, with effect from 1st June 1994, the following candidatures, listed in alphabetical order, with the names of the sponsoring governments in brackets:

      Mrs Catherine LALUMIERE (France)

Mr Daniel TARSCHYS (Sweden).

APPENDIX II

Curriculum Vitae of Mrs Catherine LALUMIERE

Name, Forename(s)       LALUMIERE Catherine, Madeleine, Michčle

Nationality       French

Profession       Lecturer at Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University

Qualifications       Doctor of public law

Ministerial posts :

Political party       Socialist Party

      Member of the National Council

-       Representative to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from January 1987 until May 1989

-       Vice-Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the French National Assembly from 1988 until 1989

-       Vice-Chairman of the Delegation of the National Assembly concerned with the European Communities from 1986 until 1989

-       Secretary General of the Council of Europe since 1st June 1989

Curriculum vitae of Mr Daniel Tarschys

Personal data

Born 21 July 1943 in Stockholm, Sweden

Married, two daughters

Education

Law Degree, Stockholm University 1965

Exchange student, Law Faculty of Leningrad University, spring semester of 1966

Master of Arts (politics and Soviet studies), Princeton University 1967

Doctor of Philosophy (politics and Soviet studies), Princeton University 1972

Doctor of Philosophy (political science), Stockholm University 1972

Professional career

Research associate (docent) in political science, Stockholm University, from 1972 to 1976

Adviser, Ministry of Finance, from 1976 to 1978 and from 1979 to 1983

Secretary of state, Prime Minister's Office, from 1978 to 1979

Professor in Soviet and east European studies, Uppsala University, from 1983 to 1985

Professor in political science and public administration, Stockholm University, from 1985 (on leave)

Political career

Local functions in Lidingö (suburb of Stockholm) from 1968 to 1976

Member of the Swedish parliament from 1976 to 1982 and again from 1985

Chairman of the Social Affairs Committee of the Swedish parliament from 1985 to 1991

Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Swedish parliament from 1991

Vice-President of the Liberal International from 1992

Council of Europe

Titular member of the Parliamentary Assembly from 1986, alternate from 1981 to 1983

Chairman of the Liberal, Democratic and Reformers Group from 1991; Secretary General of that group from 1987 to 1991

Other activities

Chairman of the government group of experts on public finance, 1981 to 1983 and 1986 to 1992

Chairman of the board of the Swedish Agency for Research Co-operation with Developing Countries (SAREC) from 1991

Chairman of the board of the Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) from 1992

Chairman of the government committee on public policy planning (förvaltningsutredningen) from 1977 to 1983

Publications

Numerous books and articles on political philosophy, budgetary policy, public administration and comparative politics

Regular columnist in Dagens Nyheter from 1983

1 1 1. The complete text is to be found on pages 240 to 244 of the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly