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
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the European Committee of the Regions The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the European Committee of the Regions The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the European Committee of the Regions (ALDE-CoR) is a political group in the European Committee of the Regions bringing together liberal and democrat city mayors, regional presidents and ministers, and local and regional councilors to contribute to the European Union's legislative procedure. The group consists of members from two European political parties, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and the European Democratic Party. In 1998 political groups were established in the European Committee of