27/06/2024 | 16:46:37 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, I would like to congratulate our rapporteur and my compatriot Mr Piero FASSINO for his tireless efforts to work producing a fair and objective report on this very difficult topic. In fact, Cyprus has been divided for several decades now. Varosha, a fenced-off area of the city of Famagusta, is a very symbol of this divide. Its residents had to fleet overnight 50 years ago, and still those who fled and their descendants wish to return to their city... 27/06/2024 | 12:52:57 No. This Amendment... You rejected this Amendment so now we have to vote on this Amendment. Afterwards, the President may accept an oral amendment on the grounds of promoting clarity, accuracy or conciliation, and if there is not opposition from 10 or more members to it being debated. In my opinion, the oral Amendment does not meet the criteria of Rules 34.7a and therefore cannot be debated. So now we have to vote on Amendment 8 anyway. Now you have to vote Amendment 8. After the vote, it can... 27/06/2024 | 12:45:38 We are talking about 3, 1, 6 and 7. Not 8. So, no. Ok. So Amendment 3, 1, 6 and 7 to the draft Resolution are therefore approved and will not be called. Any amendment that has been rejected by the Committee seized for report by two-thirds majority of the votes cast shall not be put to the vote in plenary and shall be declared as definitively rejected unless 10 or more members of the Assembly object. I understand that the Chairperson of the Committee wishes to propose to the Assembly that... 27/06/2024 | 11:28:53 Ok, you can start. The next item of business this morning is the debate on the report titled "An urgent call to Europe and its partners: envisioning immediate and long-term policy solutions in support of the displaced people of Ukraine", presented by Ms Lise SELNES on behalf of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons. In order to finish by 1:00 p.m. we will start to hear the replies to the debate at about 12:30 p.m. I draw to members' attention that the revised compendium... 24/06/2024 | 16:44:38 Thank you. So, in the meantime, I would like to thank all my colleagues whose speeches I have listened attentively to, and I can say with gratitude that the work done by my colleague Mr Ian LIDDELL-GRAINGER as rapporteur has been appreciated and that this Report has been met with unanimous approval. Let me make a few notes. I thank my colleague Zsolt NÉMETH, because he brought to the attention of the Assembly a fact that could not be on the Report because it happened last week; that of the... 24/06/2024 | 12:22:20 I wait two seconds, maybe five seconds. Good. Thank you, President. Dear colleagues, It is truly with great pleasure that I present to you the activity Report of the Bureau and Standing Committee of our Assembly covering the period from 19 April to 24 June 2024. Let me tell you that I am delighted to take the floor, indeed to be among the first to speak in our Assembly, in our completely renovated and refurbished hemicycle. It really is like coming home, as some colleagues have already been... 18/04/2024 | 17:22:42 Thank you, President. Dear colleagues, More than six months after the 7 October terrorist attacks, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is extremely serious and complex. To address the dramatic situation faced by Palestinian civilians, the international community has mobilised and deployed enormous means and resources. Italy, just to give a few examples, has allocated 20 million euros since 7 October, launched the "Food for Gaza" initiative, sent the hospital ship Vulcan. Palestinian children will... 16/04/2024 | 19:05:33 Yes thank you, thank you, Mister President. Thank you to all the colleagues who are working today on a very sensitive and complex dossier. For that I would also like to thank the rapporteur Dora BAKOYANNIS who has certainly spent, and a lot, on the objective. An objective that is in line with our institution because we are here today to vote on the application for membership in the Council of Europe submitted by the Government of Kosovo. I am Italian. I would like to mention that Italy was... 22/06/2023 | 18:05:30 Thank you, President, Dear colleagues, We are talking today about an area, the Caucasus, that is a strategic crossroads in terms of global connectivity. It is a region with incredible potential that can only be fully realised, however, with real co-operation between Armenia and Azerbaijan. On the one hand, we are encouraged by the intensification of contacts between the parties and, as the resolution also highlights, we welcome the mutual recognition of territorial integrity by Armenia and...