THORBJORN JAGLAND ELECTED SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE

PanARMENIAN.Net
29.09.2009 21:35 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The President of the Norwegian Storting (Norwegian
parliament) and the Norwegian Nobel Committee Thorbjorn Jagland
was today elected Secretary General of the Council of Europe by the
organization’s Parliamentary Assembly.

Thorbjorn Jagland received an absolute majority of 165 votes,
Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz, -80 votes out of 245 possible.

Thorbjorn Jagland will be sworn in as CE Secretary General on October
1, 2009, Council of Europe Press Service reported.