19/04/2021 | 16:21:12 Thank you Madam President. We have 35 minutes and even more for questions. Thank you for that, because all our members are very eager to ask some questions to you. Just for everyone to know, we will take five questions at a time, after which, Madame President you will have the occasion of answering. The more concise the questions and the answers are, the more colleagues we can have on board in order to put these questions to you. We will start with the representatives of the political groups... 19/04/2021 | 16:02:47 Dear Colleagues, All here physically present in the hemicycle and on your screens remotely, Madame Secretary General, Colleagues and ambassadors, Allow me to welcome her excellency the President of Moldova, Ms Maia SANDU. Welcome to our Assembly chamber. We are very honoured to have you among us in what we tend to call Europe's house of democracy. We are very pleased that you found time in your busy agenda to address the Assembly and exchange views with our parliamentarians. As you know, we... 19/04/2021 | 12:46:58 Thank you very much for these words, and above all for the courage of your sister and her commitment in defending the cause of human rights and women's rights. Thank you very much for having delivered these kind and important words on behalf of your sister Loujain. Ladies and gentlemen this concludes our ceremony. Thank you for having joined us. Dear colleagues, now I conclude this ceremony. I was very happy to have all three of you on screen. Congratulations obviously to Loujain who has been... 19/04/2021 | 12:29:05 There is a question for a point of order. We will take that at the start of the afternoon, because we really have to stick to the timing for this very important prize. So after the President of Moldova, we will take this point of order on board. So colleagues, I declare open the ceremony of the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize. Before inviting you to watch a short video on the prize, I should like to welcome our three shortlisted nominees. We are living through unusual times, and due to the... 19/04/2021 | 12:11:05 With all due respect. I mean, we're having a very charged session. I understand why you asked for the floor, but please stick to what we are used to doing and which is within the rules. When you ask for the floor for a point of order, it has to be on a point of order. You will have ample occasions in other debates maybe also in the sidelines to raise these issues, you and anyone else. But please refrain, dear colleagues, from abusing of points of order to make a political statement. Having... 19/04/2021 | 12:06:26 Thank you, Mr SEYIDOV. I recall to our colleagues that the Bureau is in favour of holding this current affairs debate. I take it that Mr SEYIDOV asks for a vote. So we will now vote on the Bureau's recommendation to hold the current affairs debate: Armenian prisoners of war, other captives and displaced persons. I remind the Assembly that the decision requires a simple majority. Members present in the chamber should use the hemicycle voting system, members participating remotely should use... 19/04/2021 | 12:00:46 Thank you, Tiny. We had someone against Ahmet YILDEZ and someone in favour. Ahmet YILDEZ, do you request a vote on the issue? Okay. Mr YILDEZ requests a vote. I inform the Assembly that the Bureau was in favour and also inform that in order to overturn the decision of the Bureau you need a two-thirds majority. Members present in the Assembly should use the hemicycle voting system, which is in front of you, as you know. Members participating remotely should vote using the remote voting system... 19/04/2021 | 11:54:02 Mister ZINGERIS, thank you, but, you can come back to that when we treat the urgent and current affairs debate. Please, you can ask for the floor then. And may I ask all of our colleagues that we try to stay within the item on the agenda because, as you know, we have an enormously charged agenda, and timing might be of the essence. May I ask again whether there is a demand for a vote on the Vice-President of the Assembly in respect to the Republic of Moldova? I don't see any. Therefore, it is... 19/04/2021 | 11:41:13 Dear Colleagues, Just as an opening remark briefly, COVID-19 has obviously affected all of our citizens' daily lives. We hope that the vaccinations go fast and swiftly in order for us to be able to welcome even more of our colleagues in the hemicycle in the near future, but it also affected the daily lives of the people, of citizens. We mourn the death, unfortunately, due to this crisis. We do hope that medical science evolves quickly in order to administer vaccines to all. Not only all... 19/04/2021 | 11:38:25 Ladies and gentlemen, Let me start by thanking everyone who is here with us in the Chamber. It is always good to see each other in person. Of course, I would like to welcome all those who have joined us through their small or large screens. I am pleased that more than 100 members have agreed to attend this session, which, for me, is basically a face-to-face session. If all the members had come, dear Despina, we would not have a hybrid session. But as, unfortunately, there are colleagues who...