Substitute
Deputy
Center Party
Althingi - Parliament of Iceland
IS - 150 - Reykjavik
Iceland
Working language: English
29/01/2020 | 11:08:15 Mr President, I welcome the report of the Rapporteur, Mr Davor STIER, his resolution and recommendations. The formal mechanism of reasonable accommodation, would be beneficial for employees and employers. Allowing employees to manifest their religious belief could improve employee well-being, improve a company's public image, and help with the recruitment and retention of staff, resulting in a better quality of working life and higher work satisfaction. Over the recent years, there has been... 27/01/2020 | 15:39:07 Mr President. When I arrived in Minsk shortly before the election a day in last Novembe,r I was optimistic for the people of Belarus and excited about the elections because Belarus has been showing signs that it wants to draw closer to the EU. I left the country with great disappointment. I have never seen elections like this before. They were non-free, non-transparent and, undemocratic. The people of Belarus are friendly, honest and polite. They deserve better. Sadly to say, the locals whom... 24/01/2019 | 10:43:54 I want to draw attention to an historic event that took place in Ukraine just couple of days ago that could affect European security. History was made when the Ukrainian Church became independent from the Russian Church, bringing to an end hundreds of years of Russian control over Ukrainian Church affairs. It is well known that, after annexing Crimea, the Russian Federation used its dominance over the Church to justify the violation of Ukrainian sovereignty. Moscow has used the Russian... 21/01/2019 | 17:49:10 I thank staff members of the Assembly for their good work in organising the Election Observation Mission in Georgia. It was my first time as a member of an election observation mission. I appreciate the efforts of our staff; everything went smoothly from the first day of our arrival in Tbilisi. Sadly, the same cannot be said for the presidential elections in Georgia, where we saw indications of vote buying and voter intimidation, a huge imbalance in campaign donations, and the fear of...
01/07/2021 | Doc. 15281 | Written declaration The deliberate destruction by Azerbaijani military forces of Armenian churches and other religious locations, including after the November 2020 cease-fire 11/05/2021 | Doc. 15281 | Written declaration The deliberate destruction by Azerbaijani military forces of Armenian churches and other religious locations, including after the November 2020 cease-fire 20/04/2021 | Doc. 15271 | Motion for a resolution The deployment of mercenaries in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict 11/03/2021 | Doc. 15239 | Motion for a resolution Tax justice for families with children to prevent intergenerational poverty 15/02/2021 | Doc. 15063 | Written declaration The members of national delegations signing this declaration regret the approval, by the Assembly, of the credentials submitted by the Russian Federation
30/01/2020 | Doc. 15023, vote on the draft text for resolution Concerted action against human trafficking and the smuggling of migrants 30/01/2020 | Doc. 15023, vote on the draft text for recommendation Concerted action against human trafficking and the smuggling of migrants 30/01/2020 | Doc. 15026, vote on the draft text for resolution Missing refugee and migrant children in Europe 30/01/2020 | Doc. 15026, vote on the draft text for recommendation Missing refugee and migrant children in Europe 29/01/2020 | Doc. 15015, vote on the draft text for resolution The protection of freedom of religion or belief in the workplace