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[John Dunn]

As far as I am aware, it has always been the practice to capitalise all elements of the names of countries and international organisations.  Taking that and previous correspondence into account, I can think of three reasons why all the elements of Парламентская Ассамблея Совета Европы [Parlamentskaja Assambleja Soveta Evropy] might be spelled with capital letters:

1. It is the name of an international organisation;
2. It is more usually abbreviated than written out in full;
3. The influence of the normal English practice.

In general there has been some discussion recently about 'creeping capitalisation', mostly in relation to titles such as P/prezident and G/gubernator.

John Dunn.
John Dunn
Honorary Research Fellow, SMLC (Slavonic Studies)
University of Glasgow, Scotland

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