24/06/2021 | 17:10:26 Good afternoon all of you. Mister Momodou Malcolm JALLOW, I heard all these good things about you but that's not new. Allow me now to welcome Ms E. Tendayi ACHIUME, I hope I said that name right, who is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. I would really like to welcome you, Madam E. Tendayi ACHIUME. Did I say that right? No. Not really. How is it? Okay, okay. I'll just continue. Special Rapporteur... 24/06/2021 | 12:32:14 Before suspending our meeting, my dear colleagues, I am going to take advantage of the presence in our hemicycle of Mr Alfred SIXTO, to my left, for whom we have prepared a little tribute. Here we are, we have done something for you. Mr Alfred SIXTO is our session manager. I am told that you are leaving the Assembly for a retirement, as we usually say, under well-deserved circumstances. I'm a little sorry because, well, I'm so used to you ... You haven't told me anything, because, otherwise... 24/06/2021 | 11:34:46 Thank you, Mister Minister, for your message. We were very happy to have you on board in this very important debate, as you know. And I'm looking at my Secretary General who is from your country, by the way, we are going to Athens somewhere in October, right? So, Mister Minister, if you would happen to be in the neighbourhood, well maybe we can have a coffee or something and get acquainted, why not. I see my Secretary General nodding her head. So, that's already okay. Good. We then go to our... 24/06/2021 | 11:24:25 Thank you, Mister Pierre-Alain. We now come to the statement from Minister Mr Notis MITARACHI. Mister Minister, I do not see you yet on the screen. Here we go. Welcome in our Assembly, Mister Minister, to the current affairs debate on The need for an effective solidarity mechanism between European countries to relieve migratory pressure on front line countries. I would say this is really a topic that is to the heart of your government. I know that you have only briefly been a member of our... 24/06/2021 | 11:14:32 Please be seated. Please be seated, dear colleagues. We will start in a minute. Good morning, dear colleagues, we have our next item of business this morning, which is a current affairs debate on The need for an effective solidarity mechanism between European countries to relieve migratory pressure on front line countries. The speaking time is limited to three minutes for all members except for the first speaker, chosen by the Bureau, who is allowed seven minutes. We will also hear a... 24/06/2021 | 09:12:27 Thank you, Mister rapporteur. I would now wish to welcome the Director General of the International Organization for Migration, Mr António VITORINO. We really look forward to your contributions, Mister VITORINO. I would like to stress the importance of the positive contribution of diaspora communities to the European society, by enriching host country's cultural diversity, building dynamic and constructive relations with their countries of origin and contributing to the integration of... 24/06/2021 | 09:03:35 Good morning, dear colleagues. The sitting is open. The next item of business this afternoon is the debate on the Report titled “For a European policy on diasporas” (Doc. 15250) presented by Mr Paulo PISCO on behalf of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons. We shall also hear a statement from Mr António VITORINO, Director General, International Organization for Migration. In order to finish by 11:05 a.m., I will interrupt the list of speakers at about 10:45 a.m. to allow... 23/06/2021 | 12:58:25 For those who would even doubt that we have an excellent general rapporteur, because the heart is there and this is needed! Minister, I would like to thank you for having joined us this morning. None of us can be complicit. I would like to thank our Secretary General for being here with us, obviously she's the one who upholds the Istanbul Convention. I also would like to thank Ms Dubravka Šimonovic, so far away, I think in the United States, for being on board. I also would like to thank Ms... 23/06/2021 | 12:32:07 Thank you very much. I would like to go now to the speaker of the Senate. I heard one of our colleagues say, Mister Prime Minister, that you have to forge a coalition of prime ministers supporting the Istanbul Convention, but I will go now to the speaker of the Romanian parliament and ask her the question. Madam speaker, do you think it would be a good idea for you, as our Prime Minister has been invited to, to make a coalition of speakers of parliaments supporting the Istanbul Convention... 23/06/2021 | 12:15:34 Thank you. I do apologise that I have to intervene once in awhile because we can discuss about it in length. Of course, if the panellists agree, we can take one or two more hours, I would gladly do so. I can tell you that all the members of parliament present will gladly do so. I will now move to our first list of speakers. We will come to some of the other panellists because I have got so many questions already on my list. We will do this as follows, dear colleagues, we will have 10 speakers...