28/06/2024 | 11:15:26 Dear colleagues, The Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development examined the report on "Safeguarding human rights for future generations" on 3 June in Paris and many members welcomed and underlined that the policy decisions we take today will have a long-term impact on future generations. Yesterday the Committee unanimously accepted all four amendments to the report. I wish to thank the rapporteur Mr Pedro CEGONHO, who is absent today, and thank the present rapporteur Mr... 27/06/2024 | 12:25:56 President, Dear colleagues, friends, I would like to extend my gratitude to the rapporteur, Ms Lise SELNES, for this report, paying so much attention to the support of Ukrainian people who were forced to leave their homes because of this brutal, bloody war. Can you perceive such a number? Thirty million Ukrainians are externally and internally displaced, and who would ever think that Europe and other countries would cope with such a challenge receiving, opening your homes, opening your hearts... 26/06/2024 | 18:15:49 Dear President, Dear colleagues, I would like to extend my gratitude to the rapporteur, Lord Richard KEEN, for presenting this historically significant report on this historical day when the Olympic flame is here for the first time in the history of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. It outlines the past towards building a future with lasting peace. A crucial aspect of our mandate is to improve the reconciliation and reparation process among other member states. We are... 26/06/2024 | 11:37:37 Dear Chair, Dear colleagues, I would like to commend our rapporteurs for their important reports. All of these topics are important and vital for Ukraine. I would like to thank Mr Davor Ivo STIER for stressing a comprehensive system of accountability for violations and international crimes Russia has done. I would like to thank Ms Yelyzaveta YASKO for her strong report on sanctions with concrete press positions have to avoid circumventing sanctions. I would like to thank Ms Yevheniia KRAVCHUK... 19/04/2024 | 11:42:35 Thank you, Mister President. Honourable colleagues, I would like to thank Mr Joseph O'REILLY for a thorough report, which highlights the critical importance of establishing a secure digital environment for our children. Indeed, the internet has become a part of our life, offering unprecedented opportunities for learning, communication and entertainment, but at the same time it threatens the safety and well-being of our children. From cyberbullying, and exposure to inappropriate content, to... 18/04/2024 | 12:37:02 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Dear Colleagues, I would like to express my gratitude to rapporteurs Mr Simon MOUTQUIN and Ms Yuliia OVCHYNNYKOVA for thorough reports, which highlight the urgent need to protect the right to a healthy environment. I fully agree that the acknowledgment of such right has become an undeniable imperative on the political stage. What sets the right to a healthy environment apart is its intergenerational dimension. Reykjavik Declaration adopted... 15/04/2024 | 17:04:03 Minister Mihail POPSOI, In the Ukrainian parliament, I represent the Vinnytsia region that has a common border with our good neighbour Moldova and also with Transnistria, and as to the peaceful solution, we want peace but prepare for war. We are building permanently defensive structures there because we have a threat from that side, and Putin actually wants to cut us [off] from the sea and he will use the the weapons from Transnistria if he will go that way to descend, you know he wants to go... 15/04/2024 | 16:12:41 Dear Mister President, dear colleagues, Beforehand, I would like to thank the rapporteurs Ms Elvira KOVÁCS and Ms Isabel Meirelles, for the great job on comprehensive reports which underscore the significance of robust opposition and referendums that generally expressed the visions of people in ensuring accountability, transparency, and the preservation of the democratic principles. It is the parliament that embodies the faith people have in democracy. Thus, it is essential that the... 15/04/2024 | 13:08:00 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to CoE parliamentarians for consistently prioritizing the Ukrainian issue on the Assembly's agenda. In particular, the upcoming debate on the report "Support for the Reconstruction of Ukraine" sends a powerful message that the Council of Europe remains committed to playing a pivotal role in supporting Ukraine through various instruments and mechanisms. The establishment of a comprehensive... 26/01/2024 | 11:30:32 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, I would like to thank Mr Pierre-Alain FRIDEZ for his permanent and persistent work for the protection of the most vulnerable, children and refugees. This is another important, highly valuable report of yours that presents a sensible strategy to eliminate the suffering of children, and emphasises the crucial need for reparations in cases of violence against them, serving historical justice and so guaranteeing human rights protection today. Violence...