WARSAW DECLARATION ADOPTED
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| 18:54:09 | 17-05-2005 | Politics | COE SUMMIT |
The Third Summit of the Council of Europe with the participation
of Presidents and governments of 46 states is over. Almost all the
participants noted of Belarus, which is not the member of the CoE
yet. “The South Caucasus has achieved some progress in democracy
establishing, while Belarus marks no progress”, CoE Secretary General
Terry Davis said.
In his words, the freedom of speech should be first secured in
Belarus. The summit participants marked Belarus as a point separating
one part of Europe from the other.
Polish President Alexander Kwasniewski noted in his final speech that
the summit has achieved its goal. He said that Poland suffered badly
in the World War II knows the price of people and called the states
to settle conflicts peacefully.
A document entitled the Warsaw Declaration providing for Future
Structure of Europe without Disputes program based on the democratic
values, human rights and order was adopted during the summit.
To note, during several days already anarchists organize rallies
against the CoE accusing it of inactivity. The policemen secure the
summit participants from the anarchists with black-painted faces and
black flags.