On 9 October 2007, the Council of Europe, the Portuguese Presidency of the European Union and the European Commission hold an international conference in Lisbon, in the Belém Cultural Centre, against the death penalty. From left to right: Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, José Manuel Durão Barroso, President of the European Commission, Vuk Jeremic, Serbian Foreign Minister and President-in-Office of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, and Franco Frattini, Vice-President of the European Commission.