27/01/2021 | 10:28:35 Thank you. We now have word that Dr Tedros ADHANOM GHEBREYESUS is on board, so I will suspend the list of speakers at this stage and I wish to welcome Dr Tedros ADHANOM GHEBREYESUS. Welcome again, Mr Director-General. We had already the pleasure having you on board in the Standing Committee, so we are very happy that we can have you now whilst considering a report on vaccinations. As has been communicated with your services we would appreciate if you give your insights on what is happening... 27/01/2021 | 10:04:03 Good morning, dear colleagues. May I ask that those present in the room would please be seated? Thank you, please be seated or if you have a discussion, which we can understand, please take it outside. If not, be seated. The sitting is open. The item of business this morning is a debate on the report titled "Covid-19 vaccines: ethical, legal, and practical considerations". This is the document 15212 presented by Ms Jennifer DE TEMMERMAN on behalf of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and... 26/01/2021 | 19:02:58 Thank you very much Mr KISLYAK for the confirmation that you withdraw Amendment 1 as well as Amendment 2. Does anybody want, on the contrary, to keep the amendment on the table? If so, if anyone wishes to take the floor on Amendment 1 or Amendment 2? No? Okay. Therefore, dear colleagues, before we proceed to vote on the draft resolution I inform you that a majority of two thirds is required for it to be adopted, and not a simple majority. This is because Article 29 of the Statute of the... 26/01/2021 | 18:05:59 Dear colleagues, Our work now is asking for our next point on the agenda. Just give me a second here... Voilà: "Modification of the Assembly’s Rules of Procedure – follow-up to Resolution 2319 (2020) on the Complementary joint procedure between the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly in response to a serious violation by a member State of its statutory obligations". So the next item of business this afternoon is a debate on the report which carries the title of "Modification... 26/01/2021 | 17:22:26 Thank you very much Mr REYNDERS. We now head into the questions, so obviously time constraints will not allow us to have all 23 put to you today, but we have this kind of a system where those who cannot put their questions are allowed to send them in writing so I suppose and I hope that you will be willing to respond to them in writing. Let's not waste any more time. We have the first five questions, so we put five questions: you will have the opportunity to answer and then again five... 26/01/2021 | 17:09:10 The speech of Mr Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice, is now on the agenda. Dear Didier, welcome I hope Didier is on board. We need to log on, therefore, and we need to ask for the floor. With the German minister, Commissioner, we only had sound. Now we have sound and image, so we are very happy. We work as follows: we have one hour and we have 23 colleagues who want to ask you a question, Commissioner. So, the briefer you are in your introduction, the more questions it will be... 26/01/2021 | 17:07:49 Thank you very much Mr Minister. This will conclude our discussion with you I would sincerely wish to thank you for all the very clear answers that you have offered us. I invite the colleagues who unfortunately were not able to put their questions, to have them sent in writing to the table office. We will forward them to the Minister, and if he chooses to do so he can then answer them in writing. I also hope to see you soon in Germany. I know your ambassador Rolf is convincing me during the... 26/01/2021 | 16:12:01 In that case without seeing you. Thank you very much for being on board. I suppose that you can speak without us seeing you, and if it comes on, fine. Just one small remark dear Minister. We have one hour for this debate, so if I could invite you to be brief in your introduction allowing as many of our colleagues as possible to put the difficult questions to you. Of course, if you don't like difficult questions then you have to go on for a long time. But I hope you will be brief because we... 26/01/2021 | 16:02:02 Dear colleagues, if I may ask you to regain your seats. If you wish to have some parlay as they say, please do it outside. I know that there's like a common expression saying 'take it outside', but that means something different, obviously. If I may ask everyone to take his or her seat, also the colleagues who are discussing right in front of me. I hope I do not have to send the master of the arms to organise that. Could someone please tell our colleagues to sit down. You did elect me to be... 26/01/2021 | 11:28:43 Thank you very much, Ms LEUTHEUSSER for your expertise and for the information that you have given to our assembly. We really welcome that, we always are very happy to have experienced people enlighten us before we start a debate for people who wish to do so, colleagues who wish to do so, to take elements that you have brought to the debate on board, or not. Because, as you know, specifically and more than anywhere else, in the Assembly speech is as free as it can be. Thank you very much...