26/06/2024 | 19:23:59 Madam President, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to begin by thanking our colleagues Mr Kimmo KILJUNEN and Ms Boriana ÅBERG for their Report, whose conclusions on Armenia are on the whole very positive. I am naturally delighted by this, given that the country has experienced particularly dark times in recent years with the loss of Nagorno-Karabakh, whose inhabitants have almost all taken refuge in Armenia. Over 100,000 people were welcomed into Armenia in just a few days, with the Armenian... 26/06/2024 | 11:27:40 Thank you, Mr Chairman. Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank our three colleagues for their excellent reports on the war of aggression launched by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, which we still condemn. I would particularly like to refer to the report by our colleague Mr Davor Ivo STIER, who calls for a comprehensive system of accountability for all violations of international law and international crimes arising from the Russian Federation's aggression against Ukraine... 25/06/2024 | 17:28:51 Thank you, Mister chairman. Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to thank our fellow rapporteur for the quality of her Report on the situation of women who defend human rights and gender equality. Yesterday, we welcomed the award of the first Vigdís prize to the Irida center, which works to bring about positive change in the lives of women facing poverty, social exclusion and gender-based violence. Today, we're focusing on this subject. It seems to me that the symbolism is very strong, and that... 18/04/2024 | 17:26:01 Mr President, Ladies and Gentlemen, After the barbaric terrorist attack of 7 October, after the actions of the Houthis and Hezbollah, the state of Israel was confronted at the end of last week with a massive attack by drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles launched directly from Iran. I strongly condemn it. Israel's multi-layered defence system worked well, destroying almost all the missiles and drones launched, although we must also highlight the intervention of several neighboring... 17/04/2024 | 16:54:36 Thank you, Mr Chairman. Dear colleagues, I would like to thank our three colleagues for these reports, which strongly denounce the unacceptable human rights abuses committed by the regime in power in Russia. President Vladimir Putin is not only waging a war of aggression against Ukraine, he is also waging a war against democracy. And this war is equally directed against his own people and against all democratic nations. After the assassinations of Sergei Magnitsky and Boris Nemtsov, it was... 16/04/2024 | 16:41:02 Thank you, Mr Chairman, Dear colleagues, I would like to begin by congratulating our colleagues Mr Lulzim BASHA and Mr Davor Ivo STIER on their reports, which encourage us to continue our commitment to Ukraine. The war of aggression waged by the Russian Federation against Ukraine represents a historic turning point, as it is the first large-scale invasion of the 21st century. It is up to our states to respond with firmness and determination to prevent other dictators from being tempted by... 24/01/2024 | 18:20:12 Thank you, Mister Chairman. Dear colleagues, The Monitoring Committee fully supports the report by Mr Mogens JENSEN and the written amendment proposed by Mr Davor Ivo STIER, Mr Frank SCHWABE, Mr Emanuelis ZINGERIS, Mr Iulian BULAI and Mr Damien COTTIER. In recent months, the Committee has examined the situation in Azerbaijan on a number of occasions, including the most recent visits by the co-rapporteurs. In December, in Rome, our Committee adopted its new report on Azerbaijan's compliance... 11/10/2023 | 16:28:09 Thank you, Mr Chairman. Ladies and Gentlemen, I strongly condemn the terrorist attack carried out by Hamas on the territory of Israel, and I would first of all like to express my solidarity and support for the Israeli people. The news that reaches us tells of atrocious acts of violence and barbaric crimes that appal us all. How can we fail to condemn in the strongest terms the chain murders of young people who have come to celebrate at a rave party? How can we fail to condemn the massacres of... 20/06/2023 | 16:57:50 Thank you, Madam President. First of all, I would like to congratulate our colleague Mr Paul GALLES on his excellent report, which highlights the extent to which democracy and human rights are being trampled underfoot in Belarus. Following the presidential election in August 2020, which he lost, Mr Aleksandr Lukashenko used force to keep power and severely repressed the demonstrations that followed, with mass arrests, torture and enforced disappearances. Faced with this repression, many... 27/04/2023 | 18:08:27 Thank you, Mr President. Dear colleagues, The Russian aggression against Ukraine is deeply destabilising the Republic of Moldova. Mr Vladimir Putin clearly wants to keep the states surrounding his country under Russian domination. When he is not waging open war, he is trying to weaken the regimes in place in these republics in order to install a government that is favourable to him. This is the case in the Republic of Moldova, as well as in Georgia, as I was able to see when I visited there...