From 8 to 10 September 1952, the first meeting of the Special Council of Ministers of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) is held in Luxembourg City.

Discussions between Luxembourg Foreign Minister Joseph Bech (on the left) and German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer (on the right) at the inaugural session of the Special Council of Ministers of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), held in Luxembourg City from 8 to 10 September 1952.

The second meeting of the Special Council of Ministers of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) takes place in Luxembourg on 1 and 2 December 1952. The photo shows (centre) Luxembourg Foreign Minister Joseph Bech and Minister for the Economy Michel Rasquin.

On 2 March 1962, British Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, sends a letter to the President of the ECSC Special Council of Ministers in which he confirms the United Kingdom's desire to open diplomatic negotiations with a view to acceding to the Community.

On 8 September 1952, Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor and Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany, and Walter Hallstein, Junior Foreign Affairs Minister, arrive at Luxembourg Town Hall to attend the first meeting of the ECSC Special Council of Ministers.

On 7 February 1953, pursuant to Article 10 of the provisional Rules of Procedure of the Council, the ECSC Special Council of Ministers decides to establish a Coordination Committee (Cocor) to be responsible for the preparation of Council meetings, as well as for carrying out studies and work entrusted to it by the Council.

Organisation Chart of the ECSC Special Council of Ministers General Secretariat in 1954, including the number of employees and their salaries.

This excerpt from the special message of the Committee of Ministers, dated 20 May 1954, transmitting to the Consultative Assembly the Programme of Work of the Council of Europe, deals with the respective roles of the Assembly and the Committee as well as the relations between these two organs within the organisation.

On 1 December 1952, at the second meeting of the ECSC Special Council of Ministers in Luxembourg, Joseph Bech (on the left), Luxembourg Foreign Minister, talks to Ludwig Erhard (on the right), West German Minister for Economic Affairs.

This table portrays the number and the categories of the staff employed within the Secretariat of the ECSC Special Council of Ministers in 1954, as well as their wages hierarchy.