20/11/2020 | 15:21:11 Thanks very much. Congratulations to Frank, he's done a tremendous amount of work. I know I am going to have to disagree with some of it. It's surprising and it's probably the first and maybe the last time it's ever happened to say that Frank has managed to unite myself and Mr Sergey KISLYAK. I am concerned about the qualification for exceptional circumstances. I think that one of the things that we need to look at is putting a sunset clause into this so that it is applicable for the pandemic... 20/11/2020 | 11:14:00 Thank you, President SPANO, in your opening remarks you pointed out, quite correctly, that there are a number of countries that fail to execute findings of the European Court on a serial basis. You also suggested that parliaments have a role to play in this, and I accept that entirely, except that, of course that is like asking the fox to look after the chicken coop, because the countries that are not implementing your findings, are the countries that are also controlling their Parliamentary... 30/01/2020 | 19:20:49 Thank you, Mr President. I'll do my best to do justice to the remarks that have been made. I'd like to take Mr Andreas NICK's point, the very first point that he made first, because this is at the heart of the Monitoring Committee and the monitoring process. Mr Andreas NICK said that we're here to help fledgling democracies. That is precisely what we're here for. Others have mentioned, Ms Branka STAMENKOVIĆ mentioned the reluctance of France to submit itself to periodic review. That was... 30/01/2020 | 18:33:17 Thank you, Mister President. As is my custom, because all colleagues had the opportunity to read this report, I don't propose to spend more than a couple of minutes introducing it. The reason for that is not to catch everybody out but simply to be able to listen to the debate and then respond to the debate. Which I believe is what we ought to be able to do. If I may abuse my position very briefly, this effectively is my swan song, as the immediate past chairman of the monitoring committee... 30/01/2020 | 18:14:31 The Committee is against by a large majority. I put the amendment to the vote. The vote is open. The vote is closed. Display the result please. Amendment number 5 is rejected. Now we proceed to vote on the draft recommendation contained in document 15023. The vote is open. The vote is closed. Display the result please. The draft recommendation in document 15023 is adopted. We now come to the second of the two reports we have to consider on missing refugees and migrant children in Europe. That... 30/01/2020 | 18:10:05 Thank you. We now come to the first of the two reports we have to consider on concerted action against human trafficking and the smuggling of migrants as document 15023. The Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons has presented a draft resolution to which three amendments have been tabled. The Committee has also presented a draft recommendation to which two amendments have been tabled. We begin with the consideration of amendments to the first draft resolution. I understand... 30/01/2020 | 11:09:16 Thank you very much. The Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development has presented a draft resolution and a draft recommendation to which no amendments have been tabled. We therefore move straight on to consider whether to adopt the draft resolution and the draft recommendation. We proceed first to the vote on the draft resolution contained in Document 15055. The vote is open. The vote is closed. Display the result please. The draft resolution in Document 15055 is adopted... 30/01/2020 | 10:04:25 Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. The sitting is open. The first item of business this morning is a debate under urgent procedure on international obligations concerning the repatriation of children from war and conflict zones: Document 15055 presented by Mr Stefan SCHENNACH on behalf of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development. Following Mr Stefan SCHENNACH's opening statement, there will be a statement from Ms Dunja MIJATOVIĆ who is the Council of Europe... 29/01/2020 | 19:28:35 Thank you, Mr President. I've listened to this debate with great interest. And I have to say that I find the report that is before us wholly unacceptable. It is shot through with disingenuous comments. We shall come on to amendments shortly, but it is not the case, and I've just finished two years as the chairman of the Monitoring Committee, it is not the case that the Russian Federation has been complying with the Monitoring Committee. There are no monitors. They're in the process of being... 29/01/2020 | 11:56:52 Thank you. That's helpful. That amendment is withdrawn. I'm afraid this gets slightly repetitive but I need to read it again. The oral amendment reads as follows. Replace the words "reasonable accommodation in the workplace can best be introduced in order to ensure everyone's" with "the workplace can best ensure". The President can accept an oral amendment on the grounds of promoting clarity, accuracy or conciliation and if there is not opposition from ten or more members to it being debated...