Background
In 1945, Paul-Henri Spaak was elected chairman of the first session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. 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 and the first President of the European Parliament (Common Assembly).
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