Jacques Camille Paris
Jacques Camille Paris (2 November 1902, Gaillac – 17 July 1953, Talence), was the first Secretary General of the Council of Europe from 11 August 1949 until his death.
During the
There is a street named after him in Bordeaux. [2]
The Rose Window of
Jacques Paris married Reine Claudel, the daughter of Paul Claudel. When he died in a road accident in Talence in the summer of 1953, the Pope sent Paul Claudel a letter of condolence. [4] His daughter Reine Marie Paris was the biographer of Camille Claudel, her great aunt.
The choice of a French national as the first Secretary General for the Council of Europe, like the choice of Strasbourg as the seat of the organisation, was the result of a deal between the British and the French. In return, the French accepted the British blueprint of an organisation with limited powers, including a parliamentary assembly that was purely consultative. [5]
References
- ^ Grand, Gregory (2007). "LA CONTRIBUTION DES HOMMES ET FEMMES POLITIQUES FRANÇAIS AUX TRAVAUX DU CONSEIL DE L'EUROPE ET DE SON ASSEMBLÉE PARLEMENTAIRE" (PDF). Assemblée nationale. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-29. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
- ^ "Rue Jacques Camille Paris". evous. Archived from the original on 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
- ^ "L'Europe à Strasbourg, symbole de la réconciliation franco-allemande" (PDF). University of Strasbourg. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
- ^ Claudel, Paul (1991). Lettres à sa fille Reine. L'Age d'homme. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
- ^ Benoît-Rohmer, Florence (2005). Le droit du Conseil de l'Europe: vers un espace juridique européen. Council of Europe. Retrieved 2009-11-08.