25/01/2024 | 11:36:41 Ladies and gentlemen, dear colleagues, Now it is a pleasure for me to welcome among us Ms Dominique HASLER, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Education, and Sport of Liechtenstein, and President of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe for a communication about the activities and priorities of the Liechtenstein presidency of the Committee of Ministers. The presentation will be followed by an exchange of views with parliamentarians. Madam President, from the outset let me underline... 25/01/2024 | 10:27:41 Ms Olena Volodymyrivna ZELENSKA, thank you for the honour you made to us and the time you took to address the Assembly for the second time. As our rapporteur, Ms Olena KHOMENKO, just a few minutes earlier mentioned, the children missing are not mere numbers or statistics, but the future of Ukraine. Madam ZELENSKA, I want to inform you that the exhibition of the children of Ukraine, which I had the honour to open two days ago, has contributed to raising visibility. All VIPs, presidents, and... 25/01/2024 | 10:05:37 Dear colleagues, Good morning. The sitting is open. The first item on the agenda is the urgent debate on the Report titled “Situation of the children of Ukraine” (Document 15901) presented by Ms Olena KHOMENKO on behalf of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development, with an opinion (Document 15902) presented by Ms Sandra ZAMPA on behalf of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons Committee. After the rapporteurs, there will be a statement from Ms... 24/01/2024 | 19:52:10 Thank you Lord Richard KEEN. We will proceed to the vote after I announce the results of the election of the Council of Europe commissioner for human rights. The total number of members voting: 215. The number of spoilt or blank ballot papers: 4. The number of valid votes: 211. Absolute majority of the votes cast: The votes were cast as follows: Ms Meglena Kuneva - 70 votes. Mr Manfred Nowak - 37 votes. Mr Michael O'Flaherty - 104 votes. [Applause] Michael O'Flaherty, having obtained a... 24/01/2024 | 18:23:16 Does anyone object? If so, please ask for the floor by raising your hand. No objection. As there is no objection, I declare that Amendment 1 to the draft Resolution has been agreed. Dear colleagues, We now proceed to vote on the draft Resolution contained in Document 15898 as amended. A simple majority is required. I remind you that if adopted, the credentials of the delegation of Azerbaijan will not be ratified. If the draft Resolution is rejected, the credentials of the delegation of... 24/01/2024 | 18:22:07 Thank you, Mister Claude KERN. The debate is closed. The Monitoring Committee has presented the Draft Resolution to which one amendment has been tabled. We will now consider the Amendment to the Draft Resolution. I would like to remind the Assembly of Rule 10.3. Members of a national delegation whose credentials are challenged may sit provisionally with the same rights as other Assembly members until the Assembly, or the Standing Committee acting on behalf of the Assembly, has reached a... 24/01/2024 | 17:59:47 Thank you, Mister STIER, before I give the floor to the next speaker, I want to announce as it is 6:00 p.m. I declare now the voting of the election of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights and the election of three judges to the European Court of Human Rights is closed. For the second round of the election of Council of Europe Commissioner, as I said, for Human Rights and for the three judges to the European Court of Human Rights. Please, could the tellers for each political... 24/01/2024 | 17:35:25 Dear colleagues, The next item on the agenda is a debate on the challenge on substantive grounds to the credentials of the delegation of Azerbaijan, which are still unratified. We will first hear from Mr Mogens JENSEN on behalf of the Monitoring Committee, then we will hear from Ms Ingjerd Schie SCHOU for an opinion on behalf of the Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs. In order to finish by 6:25 p.m. I will interrupt the list of speakers at about 6:15 p.m. to... 24/01/2024 | 15:46:13 Dear colleagues, We shall now hear a statement from the Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Mr Mathias CORMANN, whom I'm very pleased to welcome amongst us today. I remind you, dear colleagues, that the first Parliamentary Assembly debate on the activities of the OECD took place in 1963, and that the enlarged Parliamentary Assembly debates were introduced in 1993 on the basis of special rules to allow delegations of national parliaments of OECD... 24/01/2024 | 15:29:25 Mr Prime Minister, I'm not here to comment on the answers, but I have to comment on the time. You were fast, brief and accurate. Thank you so much for being with us today. It was an honour. Colleagues, I want to remind you that voting is open in the second round of the election of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights and the Judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Bulgaria. The votes will close at 6 p.m. I invite those of you who have not yet voted to do so...