Turkey will hand over chairmanship of Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to Ukraine on May 11.
A statement by Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Monday that Turkey would hand over chairmanship to Ukraine at a ceremony to be held on the sidelines of the 121st Ministerial Session of the Council of Europe that would take place at Ciragan Palace Hotel in Istanbul on May 10-11, 2011.
Turkey assumed the Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on November, 10 2010.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will host the ministerial meeting to be attended by foreign ministers of 47 member and 5 observer states of the Council of Europe.
At the end of the meeting, "Istanbul Declaration" on the future of the organization and the role of the Council of Europe in maintaining the democratic stability in Europe as well as the principles, binding commitments and efficient monitoring mechanisms it has been representing in this regard, is to be adopted.
In the margin of the Ministerial Meeting, the ceremony of opening for signature of "Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence" will take place at Ciragan Palace.
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