24/01/2024 | 20:02:29 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Dear colleagues, distinguished rapporteurs Mr KATROUGALOS and Ms TANGUY, Distinguished Mr Secretary-General CORMANN, Thank you for keeping the issue of Russian aggression on the top of our agenda. Everyone is well aware that Russian aggression affects not only Ukraine. It has global implications for the entire international community. In Ukraine, we talk a lot about the fact that only united we can defeat a common enemy. The challenges we... 23/01/2024 | 20:38:36 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Thank you, dear colleagues. Thank you, Mr. FRIDEZ and Mr. GANJALIYEV, for your reports and work, which is extremely relevant on the eve of this year's elections in the European Parliament and many European countries. I fully share the opinion that in a true democratic society there can be criticism and public dialog on all relevant topics of public life. The issue of migrant and asylum seeker policy is no exception. At the same time, we... 22/06/2023 | 17:22:45 Thank you, Madam President. Thank you, dear colleagues. I do not need to give more details, because Ms Linda Hofstad HELLELAND's report is very comprehensive and the position is very firm, strong, and we have a swift stance of this Assembly. We have to show the swift stance of the Assembly in favour of the ban of Russian and Belarusian athletes. And I would have to underline that after all the discussions were held in the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media at the end of the... 21/06/2023 | 17:41:42 Thank you, Madam Chairman, thank you dear colleagues. I'd like to first to congratulate all the rapporteurs for their work, but also I would like to use this time to thank all of you for hosting Ukrainians in your countries. Literally, I think that every Council of Europe country has some Ukrainians right now that are seeking temporary shelter, and you know I can say something about all of your countries. I remember when in March of last year I was first crossing the border to come here to... 19/06/2023 | 17:38:19 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Dear colleagues, Mr. Bulai, As a representative of Ukraine, I would like to emphasize the achievements we have made in the fight for our common values, which russia is trying to undermine. The Bureau and the Standing Committee played a significant role in shaping the agenda of the 4th Council of Europe Summit, which brought a historic result. A comprehensive Register of Damages caused to Ukraine was established. The final declaration of the... 28/04/2023 | 12:04:27 Thank you, dear Colleagues, I'll try to be even briefer. Thank you for participating in this debate. It's always good to see so many people on Friday, at the last debate of the session. It just proves again that the topic that was chosen and the report that was written is very relevant. It's even more relevant for us, for you to work and to speak on this topic, because we have youngsters on the balcony of this building, listening to a part of this conversation. Actually, what we do is for you... 28/04/2023 | 10:52:14 Thank you, Madam Chair, dear colleagues. Our work on the report on youth and the media that I present for adoption today was initiated more than two years ago in January 2021, with a motion for a resolution tabled by our former colleague Ms Tamar TALIASHVILI. She accomplished most of the preparatory work, but had to leave the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Pace having been appointed as the permanent representative of her own country Georgia to the Council of Europe. And... 27/04/2023 | 16:03:58 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, rapporteur, I want to start with some personal observation from my family. My husband is a policeman, and there is a special code concerning children, the crime against children. All the crimes receive so-called Alpha Status. It's no matter it's day or night, middle of winter, actually especially if it's night and middle of winter, the special rescue team is gathered immediately and no one rests until the child, which is abducted for example, gets... 25/04/2023 | 19:38:33 Thank you Madam President, dear colleagues, A lot of you, when you were speaking, mentioned that we are unanimous on this report. Yes, we're speaking with the same words, we're sharing the same value in this venue, in our member States more or less, but if you go out of this territory of the member States, the world is much more different and much more cruel. The 14th month of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation has clearly demonstrated that there are still states... 25/04/2023 | 16:42:58 Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you, Madam President. Thank you, dear Ms Fiona O'LOUGHLIN, for all your work that you've done for many many months. I've been following many speakers answering what they expect from the Reykjavík Summit, and remember yesterday Madam Secretary General was asked: What do you think would be the biggest headline in the media after the summit? And she said, well, the first in the media would be establishing the Register of Claims. Of course, it's big, it's very...