27/01/2022 | 18:56:09 Excellent. The vote is open. The vote is closed. I call for the result to be displayed. And there you see, the oral sub-amendment is agreed to. Then we continue. Amendment 4 as amended. We have to go through that too? Yes. We are soon reaching the end of the day but we have a couple of amendments more. We will now consider the main Amendment as amended. Does anyone wish to speak against the Amendment? No-one in the Plenary and no one on the screen? What is the opinion of the Committee on the... 27/01/2022 | 18:53:50 Thank you so much Mr Ruben RUBINYAN. I have been informed that Mr Kimmo KILJUNEN wishes to propose an oral sub-amendment, on behalf of the Monitoring Committee, as follows. In Amendment 4 replace "creating a risk of undermining the principle of irremovability of judges" with "endangering the independence of this institution". In my opinion, the oral sub-Amendment is in order under our rules. However, do ten or more members object to the oral sub-Amendment being debated? The object members... 27/01/2022 | 18:28:05 The Committee was against with a big majority. I shall now put the Amendment to the vote. The vote in hemicycle and remote voting is now open. Thank you. The vote is closed. I call for the result to be displayed. Amendment 9 is rejected. Thank you and then we move to oral amendment 1. I have received an oral amendment from Mr Kimmo KILJUNEN on behalf of the Monitoring Committee which reads as follows: “In the draft resolution, paragraph 5, replace the fifth sentence with the following... 27/01/2022 | 18:10:47 Thank you so much, Mr SEYIDOV. I must now interrupt the list of speakers. The speeches of members on the speakers list who have been present physically or remotely during the debate but have not been able to speak may be given to the Table Office for publication in the Official Report, provided that speakers connected remotely can report their actual presence when the debate is closed. I remind colleagues that type written texts must be submitted electronically, no later than four hours after... 27/01/2022 | 17:36:14 Then we continue on to the next debate. I think this next item of business this afternoon is the debate on the report titled, "The functioning of democratic institutions in Armenia", which is Document 15432 presented by Mr Kimmo KILJUNEN and Ms Boriana ÅBERG on behalf of the Monitoring Committee. In order to finish by 7 p.m., we must interrupt a list of speakers at about 6 p.m. to allow time for reply and the vote. We will begin with Mr Kimmo KILJUNEN and Ms Boriana ÅBERG rapporteurs. You... 27/01/2022 | 13:11:00 Thank you Mr Ahmet YILDIZ. I must now interrupt the list of speakers. You see we have gone overtime. The speeches of members on the speakers list who have been present physically or remotely during the debate but have not been able to speak may be given to the Table Office for publication in the Official Report, provided that speakers connected remotely can report their actual presence when the debate is closed. I remind colleagues that typewritten texts must be submitted electronically, no... 27/01/2022 | 12:59:08 Thank you, President. And dear colleagues, in this debate we are invited to reflect on the recent challenges to security in Europe: what role for the Council of Europe? To me the role of the Council of Europe is the same today as when the founding fathers started their aims in 1949. Our contribution to overcoming the recent security challenges is to be found in the uniqueness of the Council. Namely that it is the only pan-European arena for dialogue. Where the EU has the economic power and... 27/01/2022 | 10:36:28 The Committee is in favour, thank you. I shall now put the Amendment to the vote. The vote in the hemicycle and via remote voting is now open. The vote is closed. I call for the result to be displayed. Amendment No. 4 is agreed. Amendment No. 5 was adopted unanimously. We will now proceed to vote on the draft Resolution contained in Document 15444 as amended. A simple majority is required. The vote in the hemicycle and via remote voting is now open. The vote is closed. I call for the result... 27/01/2022 | 10:25:09 The Committee's obviously in favour. I shall now put the oral amendment to the vote. The vote in the hemicycle and via remote voting is now open. I close the vote, and I call for the result to be displayed. The oral amendment is agreed to. And Amendment 3, then some consequence 4. Then I continue with Amendment 13. Then I call Mr Hişyar ÖZSOY, but I think it's Mr Andrej HUNKO. Yes, yes, Amendment 13 was adopted unanimously, so then we have to continue on Amendment 14. Then I call Mr Hişyar... 27/01/2022 | 10:20:17 The committees is in favour. I shall now put the amendment to the vote. The vote, in the hemicycle and via remote voting, is now open. Can I close the vote? I close the vote and ask for the result to be displayed. Amendment No. 12 is agreed. We continue on Oral Amendment No.1. I have received an oral amendment from Mr Stefan SCHENNACH on behalf of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development, which reads as follows: "In the draft resolution replace Paragraph 9321 with...