The Council of Europe (CoE; French: Conseil de l'Europe, CdE; German: Europarat) is an international organisation whose stated aim is to uphold human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe. Founded in 1949, it has 47 member states, covers approximately 820 million people and operates with an annual budget of approximately 500 million euros.  Read more..

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This European institution is today composed of representatives from 47 European countries and aims to defend democracy, human rights, cultural identity and diversity of Europe, the fight against discrimination. Moldova, a member of the Council of Europe since July 13, 1995, had already celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Council of Europe by issuing, on 15 April 2009, a 4.50 L stamp.. Read more..