16/04/2024 | 19:59:50 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Mr President, thank you, Dear Colleagues, I merely would like to join the myriad of praise for the rapporteur’s work. I also thank all the colleagues that have contributed to the very precise wording of the report and the resolution. The documents before us are fully in line with the articles on the international responsibility of states. I am glad that we in the PACE continue to stand on the side of what is right, and to push other... 26/01/2024 | 10:50:24 Thank you, President. Dear colleagues, On behalf of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group, I'd like to thank the rapporteur for tackling such an important subject in the realm of children's rights. This report, in fact, is very much linked with the report on deported Ukrainian children. As so many of you heard yesterday, during the urgent debate, the children stolen from their families in Ukraine go through a whole chain of abusive institutions in Russia. First, there are... 24/01/2024 | 19:08:57 Thank you, Madam Chair. First of all, I would like to complement the rapporteur on the excellent Report. He really sheds light on the deplorable fact of torture which is still taking place in Europe in the 21st century. And while the Reports and the Recommendations are absolutely to the point, sadly, I feel a rather important example has been omitted. Russia, as it is rightly highlighted in the Report, for years, has been disregarding all recommendations to stop practices of torture and... 24/01/2024 | 17:05:18 Thank you for the floor. [said in French] I'd like to start by thanking the rapporteurs on the work they've done on this extensive report, which really covers everything from climate change to economic development to inflation and to the risks that we have already lived through and the risks that are yet to come. All this not just for the Council of Europe countries, but far beyond, because, of course, we are talking about the OECD, which is a more global, worldwide organisation. Reports like... 27/04/2023 | 19:04:41 I will actually continue the line of thought from my colleague from the Ukrainian delegation. First of all I would like us to all thank our rapporteur, who has presented us with the opportunity to discuss a very timely topic. We live in a world where everything is interlinked and intertwined. Trade and economic well-being are linked to, impacted by, but also impacting the lives of people, their rights, and their living conditions. However today, all too often, economic gains are prioritised... 27/04/2023 | 16:21:03 Thank you Chair. Dear colleagues, and today I am very very grateful to our rapporteurs who have put together a fundamental report which condemns in the strictest but also in the fairest terms the grave crime, another grave crime, that Russia is committing against the peaceful people of Ukraine and against the most vulnerable of those people. This time last year, speaking at the UN Security Council, Amal Clooney called Ukraine a slaughterhouse. Ukraine became a slaughterhouse at the courtesy... 25/01/2023 | 17:05:50 Thank you, Mister President. "Doesn't your husband beat you? Stop sulking. Wipe away your tears. And this is just like home." "Doesn't your husband beat you?" This is a question that paramedic Yulia Paievska, better known as Taira, was asked by her female medical care when she was brought in after yet another round of violent interrogations in a Russian prisoner of war detention centre. "I mean, doesn't your husband beat you?" So light-heartedly asked in such an earnest surprise. As if it... 25/01/2023 | 10:57:03 And a very big thank you to our rapporteur. When Mr John HOWELL took up this topic for report back in 2020, John, you really stood up for the environment, which truly is a silent victim of war. The report covers a wide spectrum of environmental damage that was caused: air pollution, water pollution, nuclear insecurity, contamination of landmines, biodiversity depletion. It's all in there. In Ukraine alone, the damage to the environment resulting from Russia's war is estimated at 46 billion... 24/01/2023 | 18:22:33 Thank you Madam Chair, I join in the congratulations of our colleague and my dear friend, Ms Fiona O'LOUGHLIN, on this excellent report. Thank you Fiona, for highlighting again the critical role our organisation plays in countering, if not preventing, aggression and all the evils that stem from it. The summit is a unique opportunity to revise the Council of Europe's activities and set out an ambitious vision for the future of this institution - a vision which heads of state and government... 24/01/2023 | 11:16:10 Thank you. President, Colleagues, I first of all would like to say thank you to Ms Khatia DEKANOIDZE also for raising the points and making such conclusions. With that, also to say thank you to Ms Petra BAYR. She has done an excellent job at highlighting the problems that come from wars and especially from such crimes as rape. This discussion has done nothing else but raise awareness about the consequences and long-lasting damage that is caused to the survivors of rape. As the report clearly...