21/04/2021 | 13:14:06 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Dear Rapporteur, dear Assembly members, I congratulate the Ms. Louis on the excellent Report, as well as the draft Resolution and draft Recommendation with the cornerstone idea to launch the international investigation on the violation of human rights in Belarus. I’m grateful for the underlining the role of Ukraine in protecting the human rights activists fleeing from neighboring Belarus. Unfortunately, the political prosecutions and... 20/04/2021 | 11:26:02 Dear rapporteur, dear Assembly members, I congratulate Mr Tiny KOX on his work and his topic choice. The comprehensive human rights challenges of the current world are very clearly emerging in relation to environment and digital transformations. That is why it is very important to stick to the fundamentals of the Council of Europe, which has to contain enough flexibility to address mentioned environment and digital transformations and newly emerging challenges. The flexibility is the... 20/04/2021 | 09:46:21 Dear Colleagues, I want to start my speech with a reminder of the role the Assembly played during the flu pandemic of 2008-2009. The Assembly in particular argued the approach taken by the World Health Organisation in the estimate of the pandemic threshold and medical treatment method. Did the Assembly bring an added value to the process? Yes. Without a doubt. The only point for criticism was that the Assembly entered the game, so to say, too late. To this end I want to congratulate the... 19/04/2021 | 18:12:59 Thank you. Dear Colleagues, Dear Ms KOVÁCS, First of all, I would like to congratulate the rapporteur on her draft Resolution and the draft Recommendation centred on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, which Ukraine fully accessed in 1998. Without a doubt, the Convention is the instrument of international law bringing the implementation of its standards closer to people. I have to underline that the Ukrainian authorities are very much aware of the diverse... 30/01/2020 | 16:58:57 Thank you Mr Chairman, Distinguished members of the Assembly, Dear guests, I congratulate both rapporteurs on the excellent reports. I will stop on Mr COAKER's report. He managed to pull together many-sided data and draw conclusions aimed at strengthening the rule of law, democracy and human rights across Europe in the understanding of Article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Europe has become a major destination for migrants long ago and the Assembly underlined in its numerous...