25/01/2021 | 16:34:48 I turn now to the questions on Azerbaijan and prisoners of war. What I can say in general - and I can assure you of this - is that, since the start of the conflicts that began at the end of the summer, the Council of Europe has been among the first, if not the first institution, to react. One Sunday morning, very early on, when war broke out, the three of us - the President of this Assembly at the time, the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers and myself - reacted and asked the authorities... 25/01/2021 | 16:30:04 Thank you Mr Chairman. Let me start with the questions put at the beginning regarding the execution of judgments and in particular in the three cases that you, Mr Frank SCHWABE, named. Let me first say that execution in general is showing positive developments but still serious difficulties remain in some of the politically sensitive cases. There are structural legal complex problems in some cases. All in all I think we can say that we can be satisfied with the execution trends, but as the... 25/01/2021 | 16:15:13 Of course, the Parliamentary Assembly has worked not only on this issue, but on all of those that I have mentioned. And it is right that every part of the organisation plays its role in order that we can progress together. This is equally true when it comes to addressing other ongoing challenges. For example, the conflict that flared last year in and around Nagorno-Karabakh. We have spoken out repeatedly about the need to ensure peace. We welcomed the November ceasefire between Armenia and... 25/01/2021 | 16:05:12 Mr President of the Parliamentary Assembly, Distinguished members of the Parliamentary Assembly, I have great pleasure in welcoming you to this first part-session of the Assembly. A whole year has passed since the last time we were able to meet. When I spoke to you at that time, few could have imagined the devastation that COVID-19 would cause in our societies, here in Europe and around the world. Many people are no longer with us. Their families and friends are in mourning. And jobs have... 26/06/2019 | 20:14:00 First of all, a big thank you to everyone who voted and supported us. I would like to state what I think I told many of you when we met during this campaign. I see this organisation as one of the most important organisations in Europe. I see this organisation as more important than ever. I see this organisation that needs to foster dialogue as well inside from the two main bodies - the Parliamentary Assembly and Committee of Ministers - but also among Member States. So I really do wish and...