The Prime Minister, The Rt. Hon. Harold Macmillan M.P., opens the ceremony commemorating the tenth anniversary of the Council.

Addresses are given by The Chairman of the Committee of Ministers, The Lord Chancellor Viscount Kilmuir, The President of the Consultative Assembly, The Rt. Hon. John Edwards, O.B.E., M.P., The Secretary-General of the Council, Signor Lodovico Benvenuti
Scene in St. James's Palace described by Richard Dimbleby.

On May 6, 1949, representatives of ten European nations brought the Council of Europe into existence by signing the Statute in the Queen Anne Room of St. James's Palace. The first article of the Statute states that the aim of the Council is to achieve a greater unity between its members for the purpose of safeguarding and realising the ideals and principles which are their common heritage, and facilitating their economic and social progress.

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