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*to find common solutions to the challenges facing European society: such as discrimination against minorities, xenophobia, intolerance, bioethics and cloning, terrorism, trafficking in human beings, organised crime and corruption, cybercrime, violence against children;
*to find common solutions to the challenges facing European society: such as discrimination against minorities, xenophobia, intolerance, bioethics and cloning, terrorism, trafficking in human beings, organised crime and corruption, cybercrime, violence against children;
*to consolidate democratic stability in Europe by backing political, legislative and constitutional reform.
*to consolidate democratic stability in Europe by backing political, legislative and constitutional reform.
The ruling body is the Council of Minsters, comprising the foreign ministers (or ambassadors deputed to the CoE) of the 47 member states. In addition the CoE works through a Parliamentary Assembly (618 members drawn from national parliaments) and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities. It also has an 1800-strong secretariat.
==Further Information==
==Further Information==
http://www.coe.int/T/e/Com/about_coe/
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