Strasbourg - The Parliamentary Assembly of the 41-member Council of Europe has elected Spain's Mr Alvaro GilRobles as its first Commissioner for Human Rights.
Mr Gil-Robles, the brother of the outgoing president of the European Parliament, won the election on the first round with 97 of the 193 votes cast, to 56 for Ms Gret Haller of Switzerland and 40 for Ms Monica Luisa Macovei of Romania.