The Paul-Henri Spaak Foundation or Fondation Paul-Henri Spaak located in
Brussels
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(
Belgium
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) was founded in 1973, one year after the death
Paul-Henri Spaak
Paul-Henri Charles Spaak (; 25 January 1899 – 31 July 1972) was an influential Belgian Socialist politician, diplomat and statesman. Along with Robert Schuman, Alcide De Gasperi and Konrad Adenauer he was a leader in the formation of the ...
, to continue his work on
European integration and
transatlantic relations
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. The Foundation organises conferences and seminars, which are published and possesses a major part of Paul-Henri Spaak's
archive
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s. Viscount
Étienne Davignon
Étienne, Count Davignon (born 4 October 1932 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Belgian politician, businessman, and former vice-president of the European Commission.
Career
After receiving a Doctorate of Law from the Catholic University of Louvai ...
is the president of the Foundation.
Background
In 1945, Paul-Henri Spaak was elected chairman of the first session of the General Assembly of the
United Nations
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. In 1956, he was chosen by the Council of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and he held this office from 1957 until 1961. Paul-Henri Spaak was one of the
Founding fathers of the European Union
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and the first
President of the European Parliament
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*President (government title)
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(Common Assembly).
See also
*
Euro-American relations
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Sources
Paul-Henri Spaak archive
External links
Paul-Henri Spaak Foundation
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Foundations based in Belgium
Organizations established in 1973