Opening address by Edouard Herriot (Strasbourg, 10 August 1949)
On 10 August 1949, Edouard Herriot, the provisional President of the inaugural session of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe, formally opens the Assembly’s first sitting in Strasbourg.
Council of Europe-Consultative Assembly. Reports. First session. 10th August-8th September 1949. Tome I. Sittings 1 to 6. 1949. Strasbourg: Council of Europe.