13/10/2023 | 13:02:52 Thank you very much, dear Vice-President Mister Yıldırım Tuğrul TÜRKEŞ, for presiding. Our next business is to consider the changes proposed in the membership of committees. These are set out in Document Commissions (2023) 07 and Addendum 3. Are the proposed changes in the membership of the Assembly’s committees agreed to? I do not see any objections. The next item on today’s agenda is the continuation of the debate on the Progress Report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee (Doc. 15834... 12/10/2023 | 19:18:41 I shall now put the Amendment to the vote. The vote is open. The vote is closed. I ask for the results to be displayed. The Amendment is adopted. I understand that Mr Ruben RUBINYAN wishes to withdraw Amendment 3. Does anybody else wish to move it? I do not see any. So Amendment 3 is withdrawn. We now will proceed the vote on the draft Recommendation contained in Document 15840 as amended. A two-thirds majority is required to vote. The vote is open. The vote is closed. I ask for the results... 12/10/2023 | 14:39:09 Until now there is still some room left, but they will arrive in a few minutes. The first point of business is the address that we are going to hear from the European Commissioner for Justice, Mr Didier REYNDERS. After his address, Mr REYNDERS will take questions from the floor. Dear Mister Commissioner, dear Didier, It is my real pleasure and honour to welcome you here as the European Commissioner for Justice in our hemicycle. There are people that think that this is the European Parliament... 11/10/2023 | 14:35:49 The first point on our agenda is a communication from the Committee of Ministers. We begin this sitting today with the communication from the Committee of Ministers to the Assembly, presented by Mr Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Latvia and Chair of the Committee of Ministers. This will be followed by questions to Mr KARIŅŠ. Dear Mister Minister, it's great to have you here with us. You have been in office, if I was informed well, for only about three weeks. Those who think... 09/10/2023 | 15:11:20 Thank you for watching this video with us, reminding us what has happened in the 10 years we have had this prize, and we are now having our 11th ceremony. I welcome the representatives of the three shortlisted candidates. They are here today with us in person, Mr Yevgeniy ZAKHAROV, and please an applause for our nominee. Yevgeniy is from Ukraine, and you just heard why the jury has decided that he should be nominated as a candidate. We also then welcome Ms Justyna WYDRZYNSKA from Poland and... 09/10/2023 | 14:46:44 Dear colleagues, Bearing in mind the suffering of the Ukrainian people, we cannot forget another tragedy unfolding before our eyes. I already referred to what is happening in Israel, but we also have seen the dramatic exodus of the people of Karabakh in Azerbaijan to neighbouring Armenia. We cannot turn a blind eye to the suffering of these thousands and thousands of European citizens who are all entitled to the protection given to them under the European Convention of Human Rights and other... 09/10/2023 | 14:43:53 Ladies and Gentlemen, The Council of Europe is founded on the Treaty of London, whose 75th anniversary we will celebrate in 2024. In 2023, the Council of Europe has already shown that it has the will, the possibilities, and the structure to survive and increase its relevance. In mid-May, in Reykjavík, on the initiative of our Secretary General, the Committee of Ministers and our Assembly, the Heads of State and Government of our 46 member states finally met for what was the 4th Summit, only... 09/10/2023 | 14:37:47 Madam Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, ambassadors, members of the Parliamentary Assembly, May I welcome you all at the start of this autumn part-session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Thank you so much for coming from all corners of the continent to Strasbourg to represent your national parliaments of 46 member states, as well as the delegations from our partner parliaments outside Europe. Dear colleagues, While we are... 23/06/2023 | 12:58:41 Dear Colleagues, Our next business is to consider the changes proposed in the membership of Committees. These are set out in Document commissions 2023/06 revised Addendum No. 2. Are the proposed changes in the membership of the Assembly's Committees agreed to? I don't see any objection. They are agreed to. The next item on today's agenda is the continuation of the debate on the progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee. At its meeting this morning, the Bureau proposed several... 21/06/2023 | 14:39:58 Dear colleagues, Ladies and gentlemen, It is my pleasure now to welcome amongst us Her Excellency, the President of the Republic of Slovenia. Madam President, it is such an honour to have you here with us, with us in the year of the 30th anniversary, I think, of Slovenia's accession to the Council of Europe, a milestone in your history and in our history. You were elected to the helm of your country in December 2022, being the first woman to hold this position in your country. I congratulate...