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Western European Union

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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The first part of the first session of the Assembly of Western European Union(WEU) was held in Strasbourg from July 5 to 8, 1955. Mr. John Maclay (United Kingdom, National Liberal and Conservative) was elected President of the Assembly by acclamation. Six Vice-Presidents, Mr. Robert Bichet (France, M.R.P.), Mr. Antonio Boggiano Pico (Italy, Christian Democrat), Mr. Georges Bohy (Belgium, Socialist), Mr. J. J. Fens (Netherlands, Popular Catholic), Mr. Gerhard Luetkens (German Federal Republic, Social Democrat), and Mr. Eugene Schaus (Luxembourg, Liberal) were elected, and the Bureau of the WEU Assembly was thus constituted.

Type
International Organizations: Summary of Activities: III. Political and Regional Organizations
Information
International Organization , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , February 1956 , pp. 223 - 225
Copyright
Copyright © The IO Foundation 1956

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References

1 Western European Union, Assembly (Ist session), Proceedings, Strasbourg, 1955Google ScholarPubMed; for previous information on WEU, see International Organization, IX, P. 593–594.

2 NATO Letter, November 1955, p. 22; for further information on the referendum, see below, p. 225.

3 New York Times, October 25 and 26, 1955.

4 The second part of the first session of the Assembly will be summarized in a later issue of International Organization.

5 Council of Europe News, December 1955, p. 3; The Times (London), 11 22, 1955Google ScholarPubMed.

6 Council of Europe News, January 1956, p. 6.

7 NATO Letter, November 1955, p. 22; for information on WEU Council consideration of the referendum, see above, p. 224.

8 Ibid., January 1956, p. 17.

9 Ibid.;The Times (London), 01 3, 1956Google ScholarPubMed.