24/06/2024 | 12:53:22 Dear President, Minister, Candidates, Members of the panel, Colleagues and friends, I would like to begin my address by quoting the Icelandic poet Hulda, whose words are written at the entrance of the museum dedicated to Vigdís Finnbogadóttir in Reykjavik. "Mother grey goose lend me wings so that I may fly south across the sea." This poem may be read as an exhortation for young women to explore the world and make an impact on it precisely as Vigdís did all her life. I should like to express... 24/06/2024 | 12:34:14 Thank you, Mister Heer. The debate will continue this afternoon at 4:00 p.m. when we will resume with the spokespersons of political groups. We go now to the Vigdís Prize Award ceremony. I am honoured to open together with you this very first Award Ceremony for the Vigdís Prize for Women's Empowerment, but first I would like to turn and look at the camera. I'm looking at the camera, because on the other side I know that there is a woman who was the inspiration for this award and is watching... 24/06/2024 | 12:19:57 Thank you, Mr Andrej HUNKO. Closing the [speech is interrupted] for the 75 years of our Organisation, let me go back to the symbols we started talking about the anthem and the symbols, the flag and other symbols that we are united behind them. And in my opinion, there is a symbol unifying the whole of humankind coming from my home country Greece, especially ancient Olympia where the Olympic Games were born. And this symbol is the Olympic flame. This strong symbol of peace will pass through... 24/06/2024 | 11:47:35 The Chair of the Georgian delegation already spoke against. Who wishes to speak... Mr Oleksii GONCHARENKO spoke in favour of holding this debate. The Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) are in favour of holding this debate. Does the Chair of the Committee, Ms Zanda KALNIŅA-LUKAŠEVICA, or a representative of the Bureau wish to speak? We shall now vote on the request for urgent procedure. The decision... 24/06/2024 | 11:38:24 Dear colleagues, please be seated. I declare the third part-session of the 2024 Ordinary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe open. Madam Secretary General, Deputy Secretary General, Madam Secretary General of the Assembly, Ambassadors, Members of the Assembly, I wish to welcome you all warmly to this third part-session of our Assembly in 2024. Finally, after being captain for one year, I'm particularly pleased to invite you back in our own hemicycle which has been... 19/04/2024 | 12:13:48 I shall now put the Amendment to the vote. The vote is open. The vote is closed. I call for the result to be displayed. Amendment 6 is rejected. We will now proceed to vote on the draft Resolution contained in Document 15954 [as amended]. A simple majority is required. The vote is open. The vote is closed. I call for the result to be displayed. The draft Resolution is adopted unanimously. We will now proceed to vote on the draft Recommendation contained in Doc. 15954. I remind you that a... 19/04/2024 | 12:05:11 Thank you, Mister Pierre-Alain FRIDEZ. The Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development has presented a draft resolution, “The protection of children against online violence” (Document 15954), to which six amendments have been tabled, and a draft recommendation (Document 15954) to which no amendments have been tabled. The amendments to the draft resolution will be taken in the order in which they appear in the Compendium. I remind you that speeches on amendments are limited... 18/04/2024 | 19:31:32 Mister Alfred HEER, it was a very interesting discussion we had until now. It is interesting to listen to all the opinions even if we do not agree with them. There is no need to insult any of our colleagues, and I would like to call all of you to address to the President and not personally to our colleagues. You are free to express yourself, of course. Dear colleagues, I promised that we are going to finish the list and everybody who is registered. [The Chair is interrupted] Ms Sena Nur ÇELİK... 18/04/2024 | 10:25:15 Your Highness, on behalf of the Assembly I want to thank you most warmly for your address and for your country's so successful Presidency of the Committee of Ministers. Thank you once again. Dear colleagues, We now come to the joint debate on two reports from the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development. The first is titled “Mainstreaming the human right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment with the Reykjavík process” (Document 15955), presented by Mr... 18/04/2024 | 10:10:27 Ladies and gentlemen, Dear colleagues, It is now my honour to welcome among us in this Chamber H.S.H. Hereditary Prince ALOIS VON UND ZU LIECHTENSTEIN, as well as H.R.H. Hereditary Princess SOPHIE OF LIECHTENSTEIN. Your Serene Highness, your presence today, as your country is so successfully chairing the Committee of Ministers for the third time since its accession to the Council of Europe in 1987, is a clear symbol of your deep attachment to our European fundamental values and principles...