25/04/2023 | 19:15:08 Thank you. Honourable chair, dear colleagues. Today we are discussing a very important topic for us. I would like to congratulate the rapporteur for creating a space to touch upon such core principles as democracy, the rule of law. Such principles we all believe in. This initiative that was introduced back in 2010 is there to promote values, and of course, establish structure, so to say, institutional mechanism on co-operation with parliaments of the countries that perform rapprochement with... 27/01/2023 | 11:16:18 Thank you, dear Chair. First of all, I would like to thank Ms Marta Grande for the report and Ms Yevheniia KRAVCHUK for presenting it. I think it's a very essential and timely report. What we have to deal with nowadays is the rise of populism and nationalism that continuously creates social conflicts and challenges the realisation of human rights in our member states. We, as a group agree that universities should be human rights and democracy incubators, and education plays itself a crucial... 25/01/2023 | 17:29:41 Chair, dear colleagues, I was waiting for the speakers list and I am truly impressed and happy to see such a distinguished one. So many men. Men stepped up and perhaps some will get out of their comfort zone and will speak on the specific subject that is the fight against violence. Also, there is ample evidence showing that women are more vulnerable to gender-based violence than men but I believe the fight against the phenomenon should be owned by all of us, regardless of gender. What happens... 13/10/2022 | 17:56:37 Honourable Chair, Dear colleagues, I would also like to thank the rapporteur for very well-penned and detailed report that presents important data and clear and very strong messages on what should be done to make sport free of sexism, gender discrimination, and violence. As it is clearly stated in the report, sport does remain the environment which is more favourable for men. Though the gates of sport have been gradually opened for female athletes, they still face a number of issues such as... 22/06/2022 | 16:50:49 Thank you, honourable Chair, dear colleagues, At the beginning of the 20th century the movement for women's right to vote was spreading worldwide. I'm very happy to say that Armenia was already having success. In 1919, the first direct parliamentarian elections were held under the universal suffrage. Every person over the age of 20 had the right to vote, regardless of gender, ethnicity or religious belief. Three female deputies were in the parliament. Among them, was Ms Berjouhi Barseghian... 20/06/2022 | 16:25:36 Dear colleagues, I highly appreciate the report, very well planned and very much on time. Political parties, among other actors, are responsible for combating hate speech, racism and xenophobia. However, what we often see today is that political parties instead build their electoral campaign, rhetoric sometimes, even actions, on hatred, racism and xenophobia. This happens in Europe and this happens beyond Europe. And then sometimes these political parties and their leaders find themselves in... 28/04/2022 | 16:23:36 Honourable chair, Dear colleagues, Today at the PACE, we are discussing how to safeguard democracy in these difficult times during the world pandemic. Democracy has been, and will be, a core value for my political party in Armenia. As a party that started governing after the Velvet Revolution of 2018, we know that democracy has no viable alternative. Democracy is also resilience, security. Many of my colleagues in the European Union were wondering how, after the challenges and crises caused... 27/01/2022 | 11:15:19 Can you hear me? Honourable Chair, Dear Colleagues, My daughter was born last year, during the world pandemic and the 44-day Nagorno-Karabakh War. To be sincere, I would never believe this is a situation I would ever be in. My daughter is already one year old. It has been a year since the trilateral declaration between Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Russia was signed. But our Armenian brothers are still illegally keeping Azerbaijan prisoners of war. It has been a year, but the situation is far from...