18/04/2024 | 17:18:25 Thank you, Mister Chairman, I will use German because it has been a language in my family. I would like to emphasise, anyway, everything Frank Schwabe has said is fair in my opinion. Two state perspectives, two states were supported over ten times at our meeting of this Oslo Agreement. The two-state solution remains. We must not forget that this attack on this peaceful Israeli side, not on settlements, but on Israeli territories, started on 7 October with the deepest preparation. These Hamas... 17/04/2024 | 17:30:35 Thank you, Chairman. I would like to start going outside of my report and to turn to Ms Evgenia KARA-MURZA, simply using the Russian shape of your grace and your great name. So I would like to say that we started the session, President, if you remember, you asked me to start the session as the longest serving member. All my five minutes I used to warn you and to find a way how to liberate Kara-Murza. That was my first statement in January when you were not here. But all our audience was... 17/04/2024 | 15:43:58 Dear President, dear colleagues. I have been in this chamber more like 30 years. It is a privilege to open this Assembly as a long-standing member and I never remembered that we have come to such stage of war, trying to cement ourselves against the creators of the war against our democratic civilisation, that is Russia and partly Belarus. In the case of Navalny as just mentioned, the German government officially stated that he was poisoned last time and was safe in the hospital Charité... 16/04/2024 | 16:54:20 Dear friends, we are here in 2024. In 1996, being the longest serving member of this Assembly, I remember official Russian commitments to our Assembly. One of the first points was withdraw Russian army from Transnistria, compensate victims of gulag, Siberia, Joseph Stalin repression. More like 30 commitments. Not one, mostly not one implemented. We're facing the fact that some of us tried to warn you during years and years. That Russia is preparing the world war against us, and they are based... 25/01/2024 | 16:41:20 Thank you, Mister President, Madam President, it is great to congratulate you here. That is a great occasion. Madam Secretary General, I am sorry for being late to ask you the question about our executive relations with the free and fair elected President of Belarus, Ms Sviatlana TSIKHANOUSKAYA, this cradle of brave people who representing a government in transition in Vilnius, my country. Thirty-four years ago, we were winning the war against the Soviet Union and we started working together... 23/01/2024 | 19:33:41 Thank you, dear colleagues, Thank you, dear friends, Today I would like to present my opinion, which actually should be presented by Mr Tural Ganjaliyev on behalf of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy. But unfortunately Mr Ganjaliyev could not attend our session today. I'm like the vice president presenting his opinion, like a rapporteur for opinion. The report prepared by the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons focuses on the exploitation and manipulation of... 22/01/2024 | 12:27:36 Now we are going to the other item, which will probably show our possible expression of our political will. In the next item on the agenda is the elections for the President of the Assembly. I have received one candidature: that of Mr Theodoros ROUSOPOULOS, member of the Greek delegation and Vice-President of the Group of the European People's Party (EPP/CD). The names of those members who have signed their support for his candidacy are contained in Document AS/Inf (2024) 03. Looking at the... 22/01/2024 | 12:24:58 Thank you, Mister Frank SCHWABE. So, you challenge the credentials of the Azerbaijan delegation on substantive grounds. Yes? On substantive grounds? Under Rule 8, your challenge must be supported by at least 30 members from at least five national delegations present now in the Chamber. Would those members supporting this challenge please rise in their places and remain standing while we check whether the requirement is met? Thank you, colleagues. I have just been informed by the Secretariat... 22/01/2024 | 12:21:17 Thank you, dear friend Mr Ian LIDDELL-GRAINGER. Now I should remind the Assembly that under Rule No. 7, a challenge must be supported by at least ten members of our great Assembly, from at least five national delegations present in the Chamber. Would those members supporting these challenges please rise in their places and remain standing while we check whether the requirement is met. We need to do that. We need five delegations and ten members or more. I'm sorry for keeping you. I would like... 22/01/2024 | 12:09:17 Dear friends, Oh, I see people are still coming in. If you allow me we will start our procedures, looking at the time... And I see that we are in the proper mood. It is extremely nice to congratulate you after the New Year, and for those who did not receive our congratulations on postcards, from our hearts to your hearts we send our best in the New Year. And I am especially very glad that we have together the Secretary General next to me and of course our key instrument in our parliamentary...