28/01/2022 | 11:07:15 Thank you, Mister Chairman. Since I got the position, I try my best to co‑operate with both the Committee and with the co-rapporteurs. With this understanding, I invited you and Mr HAMMARBERG to Turkey. Unfortunately, we couldn't due to the pandemic. Also, I invited the Committee to meet in Turkey in March, but it couldn't happen also due to the pandemic. Hopefully, we can get it if the conditions allow. In May the committee is welcome in Turkey. Hopefully, we can do it in a better way... 27/01/2022 | 13:08:49 Thank you Madam Chair. As previous speakers emphasised, the escalation we are witnessing for some time and the hovering of a military confrontation in eastern Europe is a concern for all of us. The erosion of the European security architecture will inevitably have repercussions on the whole of Europe. The Council of Europe is not a security organisation, yes. But we are aware that any military conflict has the potential to cause human rights violations. We must remain anchored in democracy... 27/01/2022 | 11:17:26 Thank you, Mister Chair. Dear Colleagues, Ending enforced disappearances in the Council of Europe territory is of critical importance for member States and parliamentarians alike. In that context, I'd like to underline that the fate of missing persons in Cyprus cannot be taken up in vacuum nor can it be addressed without considering the historical circumstances that led to this tragedy. It is important to refrain from politicising this issue. Indeed, there are in fact a considerable number of... 25/01/2022 | 19:32:48 Anyone speak against? No? What is the opinion of the committee? The committee is in favour. I put the amendment to the vote in the hemicycle and the remote system please, and this is the last amendment, I think. The vote is closed. Display the results, please. Thank you. The amendment is adopted. Now I understand three amendments are adopted. What a good compromise. We will proceed now to the vote on draft resolution contained in Document 15437 as amended. A simple majority is required. The... 25/01/2022 | 19:10:09 Indeed, we need 10 members to object. If there are 10 members here and remotely... it doesn't seem so right? People who object, please request the floor. Anybody in the room objecting? Now there are more objections. So there is an objection. Each amendment will be taken individually, in the order in which they appear in the compendium. We move to the amendments as seen in the compendium. I call Mr Andrey EPISHIN to support amendment 1, in one minute. Mr Andrey EPISHIN, please ask for the... 25/01/2022 | 19:06:26 Thank you, Mister Chairperson of the Committee. Now the debate is closed. Now we move to the amendments. The Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media has presented a draft resolution, to which nine amendments have been tabled (Doc. 15437).The amendments will be taken in the order in which they appear in the Compendium. I remind you that speeches on amendments are limited to one minute. I ask parliamentarians participating remotely to ask for the floor only when they have to support... 30/09/2021 | 11:46:18 Thank you, Mister President. Dear Mister Deputy Prime Minister, as you know Turkey and the Turkish nation have a good perception about the Macedonian identity, because descendants of the Macedonian immigrants still play a very positive essential role in Turkish economic and political life. And also there's a considerable Turkish minority in Macedonia living in peace with their cultural rights. You are a diplomat, I am a diplomat. I know from my service in Sarajevo that my country did... 30/09/2021 | 10:17:18 Thank you Madam Chair, dear colleagues, After 20 years of US-led NATO operations assisted by other non-NATO countries, after all these operations, the Taliban is now in control of the entire country, Afghanistan. However, the risk of an internal conflict is still there. The sudden collapse of the previous Afghan government recognised by the international community did not lead to mass migration, as feared, yet. Nevertheless, an economic meltdown in Afghanistan may trigger such an exodus... 28/09/2021 | 18:53:19 Thank you. Now I put amendment 12 to the vote. Voting is open. Voting is closed. Please, results: Amendment 12 is agreed to by a huge majority. Now we come to the draft resolution. We will now proceed to vote on the draft resolution contained in document 15366 as amended. A simple majority is required to adopt the vote in the Hemicycle and the via remote voting is now open, please cast your votes. I close the vote now. I ask for the results to be displayed. Thank you. 77 in favour, 16 against... 28/09/2021 | 18:25:34 Now in that case, we should put it to the amendment to the vote. Please, the vote is open. The vote is closed. Please display the results. The results: 38 in favour, 58 against, 18 abstentions. The amendment is rejected. Now we are on amendment 4. I understand that Ms Petra BAYR wishes to move on an oral amendment as follows: in the paragraph 8.3 of the draft resolution replace the words "candidates of the under-represented sex" with the words "candidates who are women". I remind the Assembly...