An Assembly that has something to say and knows how to say it An Assembly that has something to say and knows how to say it Bruno Haller , Secretary General of the Assembly Welcome to the web site of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. It has been created to allow you to visit us, and to learn about who we are and what we do.
Communication is certainly one of the most frequently used words at the turn of millennium.
It may mean different things to different people. For an international parliamentary assembly like ours, it represents an essential tool in our work. The Assembly needs to communicate in order to carry out its work in an efficient and meaningful manner. For the Assembly, communication is first of all a tool for transparency, and transparency is a precondition for democracy. This is something that a body of people s representatives from 43 national parliaments must, and does, take seriously.