29/09/2021 | 16:22:28 Thank you, Ms Anuna DE WEVER VAN DER HEYDEN for that message. It is shaking us, a little bit, to our feet - which is needed, and I think that we share that kind of a 'combat' if we may say. The last sentence was, as far as I'm concerned, was also extremely important and of course the other ones before; you really understand what we try to do from the Assembly side with resolutions; but specifically with recommendations which have been accepted unanimously. You support that question, that... 29/09/2021 | 16:14:30 Thank you very much. Those who listened very well should be nevertheless, dear judge, a little bit scared. And I'll come back to that in the second part. But let me now come to Ms Anuna DE WEVER VAN DER HEYDEN. A warm welcome, Anuna, amongst us. I'm very glad that you are here. As parliamentarians our job is to be representatives of the people, that's what we are supposed to be. But to be fair, we need to be reminded once in a while of who it is that we are representing. Now, Anuna DE WEVER... 29/09/2021 | 16:05:29 As we all know, Portugal has been a leader, as Hungary has been, and still is, on this issue [of] having environment in your constitution. The Deputy Minister is also fighting together with us for human rights - environment gets linked because environment is a universal right. What sense has Article 2 of the convention, which is the right to life? What sense does it make if you cannot enjoy that right of life in a clean, safe, healthy, and sustainable environment? Judge Tim EICKE from the... 29/09/2021 | 15:54:47 Thank you, my dear friend and colleague, Mr Roberto FICO I mean, when we listened to you; I come also to the question of the president of Hungary; you are acting, but we need to act more. And you justly mentioned that you will introduce the environment, apparently, in the constitution of Italy. Well, that is a very promising element, because probably that allows people, your citizens, to go to your constitutional court, if that doesn't satisfy, and if the Committee of Ministers, dear... 29/09/2021 | 15:46:48 Thank you Mr President for your inspiring words, and I know that all of your questions we will address them, not necessarily today but we do have to address them, specifically the last one that you put: aside from water, because water is the basis of our life, by the way, is "when are we indeed going to realise that, basically, to prevent is cheaper than to repair damage?" I think that's a very fundamental question. Thank you for your inspiring words. Dear colleagues, let us now go to our... 29/09/2021 | 15:26:56 Thank you very much, Madam Secretary General. I heard you well, because you mentioned at least three times "binding rules". We love that because that's exactly what we are trying to propose to the Committee of Ministers to take on, heading into, if possible, a feasibility study and looking into how we can connect really environmental and human rights. A while ago I had the enormous honour to be in Rome and to have a conversation, if I may say so, with the Holy Father, on environment. At that... 29/09/2021 | 15:19:10 Thanks for this inspiring introduction. As you will have heard, dear colleagues, the Secretary General of the United Nations specifically said that human rights and environment are inseparable and, on top of that, that a rights-based approach is needed, including the right to a healthy environment, which is basically is partly the same that we have been saying and voting on this morning. Let me have just one small message of sanitary nature: I do appreciate every one of you wearing your masks... 29/09/2021 | 15:13:29 It's 3.15 p.m., I propose to you, dear colleagues, dear friends, that we start with this high-level event on environment and human rights: the right to a safe, healthy, and sustainable environment. I'm very pleased to welcome the President of Hungary, His Excellency János ÁDER. We had already a couple of meetings. We will have online the Chair of the Italian Parliament, we will see when that flashes up. Of course we have the pleasure of having our own Secretary General, Ms Marija PEJČINOVIĆ... 29/09/2021 | 12:53:34 Does anyone object? Since there's no objection, I declare that Amendment No. 6 to the draft recommendation has been agreed. Then, well, it is supported. We will now proceed to vote on the draft recommendation (as amended) contained in Document 15353. A two thirds majority is required. The vote is open. The vote is closed. I call for the result to be displayed. The draft recommendation (as amended) in Document 15353 is unanimously adopted. Ladies and gentlemen, I thank all of you. I mean, this... 29/09/2021 | 12:51:38 There is no objection? Then I declare the Amendments Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 to the draft resolution to be agreed. And I have to go to page 19. We will now proceed to vote on the draft resolution (as amended by the six amendments) contained in Document 15353 as modified. A simple majority is required. Members present in the Chamber should use the hemicycle voting system, others the remote voting system. The vote in the hemicycle and via remote voting is now OPEN. The vote is closed. The...