01/10/2024 | 13:00:41 Mister Secretary General, thank you so much for being with us today. We are looking forward to our next meeting in January. The questions will be answered then. It will be a full interrogation, I can assure you. So, dear colleagues, it is now 1 p.m. The ballot for electing a judge to the European Court of Human Rights is closed. The counting of votes will take place under the supervision of the tellers. I have already announced their names. I invite them to go at once to the room set aside... 01/10/2024 | 10:09:39 Good morning, dear colleagues. The sitting is open. I remind members that they should insert their badge before taking the floor. As you begin your speech, please press the microphone button only once. This morning the Agenda calls for the election of a judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Poland. The list of candidates and biographical notices are to be found in Doc. 16025. The opinion of the Committee is presented in Doc. 16045, Addendum 2. The voting will take place in... 30/09/2024 | 17:26:26 Thank you. Thank you so much, Ms Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA. Dear colleagues, The Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development has presented a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Document 16042) to which no amendments have been tabled. We will now proceed to vote on the draft resolution contained in Document 16042. A simple majority is required. The vote is open. The vote is closed. I call for the result to be displayed. The draft resolution in Document 16042 is... 30/09/2024 | 16:23:04 Thank you, Madam SEPASHVILI. Dear colleagues, I would like to warmly welcome Mr Carlo MONTICELLI, governor of the Council of Europe Development Bank. Mr Carlo MONTICELLI, who began his five year mandate on 18 December 2021 following a distinguished career in major international financial institutions. I'm delighted by the prospect of the cooperation which we had the opportunity to discuss during our meeting in Paris earlier this month. As president of the Assembly, I will do my utmost to... 30/09/2024 | 16:16:03 So, dear colleagues, the next item of business this afternoon is a debate on the report titled the Council of Europe Development bank implementing the Reykjavik Declaration. It is under the Document 16042 presented by Ms Eka SEPASHVILI on behalf of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development. We will then hear a statement from Mr Carlo MONTICELLI whom I welcome in our Assembly, governor of the Council of Europe Development Bank. In order to finish by 5:30 p.m. I will... 30/09/2024 | 12:41:10 Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to first welcome the jury of the Václav Havel Human Rights prize who have joined us today. Ms Anne BRASSEUR and Ms Liliane MAURY PASQUIER, whom you know well, as both have served as Presidents of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe; Ms Anne BRASSEUR from 2014 to 2016, and Ms MAURY PASQUIER from 2018 to 2020. Mr Nils MUIŽNEKS, Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe from 2012 to 2018, who attended the first Václav Havel award... 30/09/2024 | 11:52:41 Thank you, Mister BULAI. The Assembly will now vote according to our rules on the Bureau's proposal that the current affairs debate be held. I remind the Assembly that the decision requires a simple majority. Those who are in favour of holding this current affairs debate should vote yes. Those who are against holding such a debate should vote no. The vote is open. The vote is closed and I call for the result to be displayed. The current affairs debate is approved and it will be opened by Ms... 30/09/2024 | 11:36:26 Dear colleagues, I declare the Fourth Part-Session of the 2024 Ordinary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe open. Dear Secretary General, dear Deputy Secretary General, Madam Secretary General of the Assembly, ambassadors, members of the Assembly, I wish to welcome you warmly to this fourth and final part-session of our Assembly in 2024. I particularly welcome Mr Alain BERSET, the new Secretary General of the Council of Europe whom we elected back in June and who... 28/06/2024 | 11:20:21 The next item on today's agenda is the continuation of the debate on the progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee, Document 16007, Addendum 3. At its meeting this morning the Bureau has proposed several references to committees as set out in Document 16007, Addendum 3. These references must be submitted for ratification by the Assembly in accordance with Rule 26.3. Are there any objections to these references? No objections. The references are approved. I now propose that... 27/06/2024 | 17:19:03 Dear colleagues, the next item of business this afternoon is the debate on the report titled "Post-conflict time: defusing ticking time bombs for a safe return of displaced populations". It is Document 15995, authored by Mr Domagoj HAJDUKOVIĆ and presented by Mr Oleksii GONCHARENKO on behalf of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons. In order to finish by 6:00 p.m., I will interrupt the list of speakers at about 5:45 p.m. to allow time for the reply and the vote. Mister...