13/10/2023 | 11:30:30 Thank you very much. I would like to thank our rapporteurs for this amazing work that they are doing. The subject is extremely important. Dear colleagues, Studies say that worldwide 10% of children and adolescents have mental disorders. Suicide now is the fourth leading cause of death among 15–19-year-olds. There are many apparent reasons for that: the future is not certain and the present is stressful. But when it comes to our children's mental health and prosperity, the question that we... 12/10/2023 | 18:48:34 It is me again, Mister President. Well in this Amendment, we propose to insert the following paragraph: "the Assembly welcomes the invitation by Azerbaijan to the United Nations to visit the region and notes the preliminary conclusion of the United Nations mission that took place on 1 October. It also welcomes the planned visit by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights to Azerbaijan, including its Karabakh region and the co-operation of the Azerbaijani authorities to facilitate... 12/10/2023 | 18:44:58 Thank you. Yes, we proposed after paragraph 7 to insert the following paragraph: "The Assembly notes the assurances given by the Republic of Azerbaijan that the rights and freedoms of other Armenian residents will be ensured in line with its constitution and applicable international obligations, including those mentioned above. The Assembly notes the plans of the government of Azerbaijan with respect to the reintegration of Armenian residents and ensuring their rights, including in such areas... 22/06/2023 | 19:33:59 In Amendment 49, we propose the following paragraph: "In the full recognition of Armenia's and Azerbaijan's territorial integrity, the Assembly underlines the need to achieve a normalisation of their relations, and to this end it strongly supports the negotiations of a peace agreement between the two countries, to ensure lasting peaceful co-existence, reconciliation and co-operation in the region. "It also strongly encourages both countries to invest all efforts towards the opening of all... 21/06/2023 | 18:45:07 Dear Colleagues, First of all, I would like to thank you all for your interventions and your thoughts and speeches. It is very useful, and it was very useful to listen to all of you. Dear Colleagues, I believe that a diverse and wider Europe is a stronger Europe. That is why the speech by our colleague was very disturbing. We should not think like that. We should stand by human rights, because we share these values. Refugees, IDPs and migrants need to be supported. I believe that sport is a... 21/06/2023 | 17:00:14 Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Colleagues, I have the honour to present you my draft resolution on the social inclusion of migrants, refugees and internally displaced persons through sport. This is a very topical issue, which aims at better integrating migrants, refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in host countries and communities. Migrants, refugees and internally displaced persons face numerous challenges on their move all along their migration journey. They have suffered from... 20/06/2023 | 15:16:53 Dear Minister, thank you for your time. There are promising opportunities in the normalisation of relations between two member States of the Council of Europe: Armenia and Azerbaijan. Peace talks have been quite intense lately. This is done on the basis of the principles of international law, in particular respect for each other's territorial integrity and sovereignty. But there are other activities that should be done in parallel, like confidence-building measures, and the Secretary General... 19/06/2023 | 16:23:11 Thank you very much, Madam Secretary General. Thank you for your time. Bearing in mind the interest of the Council of Europe in the processes in the South Caucasus, and the normalisation of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, I would like to ask if there are any plans by the Council of Europe on the restoration of transport links between the Nakhchivan region of Azerbaijan and the rest of Azerbaijan. May I remind you that Nakhchivan is home to half a million people. It was isolated by... 25/04/2023 | 20:03:24 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Dear colleagues, The Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe is not perfect. Paraphrasing Mr Winston Churchill, who was among the first who suggested to create this very Council of Europe, I would claim that it has lots of major problems and needs reforms, but it is still the best thing we have. The Council of Europe idea was conceived during World War Two, and it was all about trying to make sure that such wars do not repeat themselves... 25/04/2023 | 15:33:50 Madam Minister, I would like to remind you that 30 years ago, one of the member States of the Council of Europe, Armenia, occupied the lands of Azerbaijan and expelled Azerbaijanis from their homes. After the liberation of Azerbaijani lands in 2020, Azerbaijani IDPs and refugees should be going back home, but they cannot because their homes are destroyed, and those territories are heavily planted and contaminated with landmines planted by Armenian occupying forces. Unfortunately those...