Council of Europe of the national parliaments of each member state. The Commissioner for Human Rights is an independent institution within the Council of Europe, mandated to promote awareness of and respect for human rights in the member states. The Secretary General heads the secretariat of the organisation. Other major CoE bodies include the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and the European Audiovisual Observatory. The headquarters of the Council of Europe are in Strasbourg, France. English and French are its two official languages. The Committee of Ministers, the Parliamentary Assembly and the Congress also use German, Italian, Russian, and Turkish for
European Cricket Council European Cricket Council The European Cricket Council (ECC) is an international body which oversees cricket in European countries other than the Test-playing cricketing nations of England and Wales and Ireland. The ECC is the regional authority for Europe under the auspices of the worldwide governing authority of cricket, the International Cricket Council (ICC). It is based in London, England, and hosts their executive meetings at Lord's. Its current chairman is Roger Knight. The ECC is responsible for the promotion and development of the game of cricket across the European continent and Israel (for cricketing purposes, as with nearly all sports,