15/03/2022 | 18:09:50 Thank you Chair, dear friends of democracy, human rights, freedom and peace, I thank the Rapporteur and the colleagues who participated in the debate today from all my heart. For a long time here in the Hemicycle the majority of the words said today were straight, based on facts, about the aggression, genocide, totalitarian regime - all by Russia, which is still a member State here. Before we were called "Russophobes" for naming the truth. However, this debate should not be about Russia and... 28/01/2021 | 09:34:06 Honorable Mr President, Dear Colleagues, This week my country Latvia celebrated the 100th anniversary of the international recognition of Latvia. It was another important victory that was won together with our allies in Paris at that time, to quote Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics, the first Foreign Affairs minister of Latvia, “using a quill-pen and brains” instead of deadly weapons. Today not only do we enjoy an unprecedented level of trust on the part of our allies, but we also contribute to the... 09/04/2019 | 12:16:38 The vote is open. Amendment 7 is rejected. We will now proceed to vote on the whole of the draft resolution contained in Document 14848, as amended. The vote is open. The draft resolution in Document 14848, as amended, is adopted, with 84 votes for, 11 against and 6 abstentions. We will now proceed to vote on the whole of the draft recommendation contained in Document 14848. The vote is open. The draft recommendation in Document 14848 is adopted, with 82 votes for, 9 against and 5 abstentions... 09/04/2019 | 12:13:36 The debate is closed. I remind members that the vote to elect judges from Malta and Turkey to the European Court of Human Rights is in progress. The ballot will be suspended at 1 p.m., reopened at 3.30 p.m. and closed at 5 p.m. Members who have not yet voted may do so behind the President’s chair. The Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy has presented a draft resolution, to which seven amendments have been tabled, and a draft recommendation, to which no amendments have been tabled. I...