10/10/2023 | 15:35:59 The meeting was called to order. Proposed changes to the composition of the Commissions have been published in Commissions (2023) 07 and Addendum 2. Are there any objections to these changes? I see none. They are therefore adopted. The next item is questions to Ms Marija PEJČINOVIĆ BURIĆ, Secretary General of the Council of Europe. A significant number of colleagues have already expressed the wish to ask a question. I would remind you that questions must not exceed 30 seconds, and that you... 09/10/2023 | 17:37:24 Thank you, Madam Elvira KOVÁCS. As I mentioned, I now have to interrupt the list of speakers. The speeches of members on the speakers list who have been present during the debate but have not been able to speak may be given to the Table Office for publication in the official report. I remind colleagues that typewritten text can be submitted electronically, if possible no later than four hours after the list of speakers is interrupted. I remind you that at the end of a current affairs debate... 09/10/2023 | 16:31:09 Thank you dear Mr Aleksander POCIEJ. [Light applause]. This closes the debate on the progress report. The Bureau has proposed references to committees for ratification by the Assembly set out in Document 15834 and Amendment 1. Is there any objection to the proposed references to committees? I do not see any. The references are approved. I now propose that the other decisions in the progress report which you find in Document 15834 and Amendment 2 be ratified. Is there any objection? I do not... 09/10/2023 | 15:27:47 Thank you so much for participating in this ceremony. As time is always short in this Assembly, the next item of the agenda has to be the debate on the Progress Report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee (Doc. 15834 and Addendums 1 and 2), which will be presented by Mr Aleksander POCIEJ. This will be combined with the consideration of the Report of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Bureau on the Observation of the early parliamentary elections in Montenegro (11 June 2023) (Doc. 15820... 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 | 13:00:44 I see one, I know I see one. To the left you see Mr Bob van PAREREN, which is not exactly his political position in the spectrum I think he agrees, but he has served this Assembly for several years. He was always here and I would like to thank him and with him, all those others for whom this was their last session, for the great work that they did to make this Assembly a relevant Assembly. Bob and all the others, thank you very much. The fourth part-session of the 2023 session will be held... 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...