20/06/2022 | 11:56:14 Thank you very much, Mister SCHWABE. I did inform the Assembly that we can have a maximum of two current affairs debates and that there are three proposals. That is that the Assembly was informed about that. I did inform the Assembly that the Bureau had advised not to hold a current affairs debate on this issue. Mr Ian LIDDELL-GRAINGER spoke against that decision of the Bureau. Then I put it to the vote. The result is now that the majority, a simple majority, is required to change the... 20/06/2022 | 11:53:15 Thank you very much, Mr Ian LIDDELL-GRAINGER. As I informed you, the Bureau is against. The Assembly will now vote on the Bureau's recommendation not to hold a current affairs debate on the Consequences of the blockade of the Black Sea. I remind the Assembly that the decision requires a simple majority. Those who agree with the proposal of the Bureau not to hold a current affairs debate on this topic should vote 'YES'. Those who are opposed to the Bureau's recommendation should vote 'NO... 20/06/2022 | 11:49:48 Then the first item on the Agenda is the examination of credentials of new members. The names of the representatives and substitutes are in Document 1551. If no credentials are challenged, the credentials will be ratified. As I see no objection, they are ratified. I welcome our new colleagues. The next item on our Agenda is the Election of Vice-Presidents of the Assembly in respect of Malta and Portugal. The two candidates are from the Maltese delegation: Ms Naomi CACHIA and from the... 20/06/2022 | 11:43:52 Dear colleagues, clearly we now have a unique momentum to reconstruct and to improve this architecture. Rephrasing the words of the Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi who said, during his visit to Ukraine last week together with the presidents of France and Romania and the Chancellor of Germany: "we are living in the times of destruction, but also of hope." The war united people in Europe and we can now do what seemed impossible before that war. The way we reacted to Russia's blatant... 20/06/2022 | 11:41:46 Thank you very much. Dear colleagues, At our April session, many of you called for continued involvement and solidarity of our organisation regarding the war in Ukraine. I would like to thank the Secretary General and the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe for all their efforts in this regard and for their fact-finding visit to Ukraine. I also welcome the decision to send a sub-committee of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights to Ukraine at short notice... 20/06/2022 | 11:38:08 I declare the third part-session of the 2022 Ordinary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe open. Please take your seats, dear colleagues. Madam Secretary-General of the Assembly, ambassadors, members of the Assembly, guests in the gallery. Welcome and thanks to all of you who have joined us in Strasbourg for the first session since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic held in an in-person format. I am very pleased we are all moving back to normal practises, which... 28/04/2022 | 19:10:17 Thank you very much. I now shall put the Amendment to the vote. The vote is open. The vote is closed. Can I ask for the results to be displayed? The Amendment is carried unanimously. We will now proceed to vote on the draft resolution contained in Doc. 15497 as amended. The vote is open. The vote is closed. Can we see the results? The draft resolution in Doc. 15497 as amended is adopted unanimously. Congratulations! Dear colleagues, we will now turn to the Progress Report of the Bureau... 28/04/2022 | 18:53:29 Thank you, Mr Samad SEYIDOV. The debate is now closed. The Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy has presented a draft resolution to which ten amendments have been tabled. I ask parliamentarians participating remotely to ask for the floor only when they have to support their own amendment or wish to speak against an amendment. I understand that the Vice-Chairperson of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring... 28/04/2022 | 17:54:45 The next item of business on this afternoon's agenda is the debate on the Report titled “The Honouring of Obligations and Commitments in Georgia” (Document 15497) presented by Mr Titus CORLĂŢEAN and Mr Claude KERN of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy. In order to finish by 7:30 p.m., I will interrupt the list of speakers at about 7:10 p.m. to allow time for the replies and the vote on the amendments and the draft resolution. We will begin with Mr Titus CORLĂŢEAN and Mr Claude... 28/04/2022 | 13:08:54 The Committee is in favour. So I shall now put Amendment 1 as amended to the vote. The vote is open. The vote is closed. May we see the results displayed? The Amendment is adopted. We will now vote on the draft resolution contained in Document 15510 as amended and a simple majority is required. The vote in the hemicycle and via remote voting is now open. The vote is closed. Can I ask for the results to be displayed? The Draft Resolution is adopted unanimously. We will now proceed to vote...