International_Commission_on_Civil_Status
International Commission on Civil Status
Intergovernmental organization
The International Commission on Civil Status, or ICCS (French: Commission internationale de l'état civil, or CIEC), is an intergovernmental organization and the first organization created after World War II in order to work for European integration.[citation needed] Provisionally established in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on September 29 and 30, 1948,[2] it predates both the Council of Europe (planned since 1946 but officially founded only in 1949) and the European Union. The organisation is seated in Strasbourg, France, and has 7 members and 10 former members.[3] The official language of the Commission is French.