Speeches
Official visit to Ukraine
Check against delivery Speech by Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Good morning. There is nothing I can say today that matches what people here have lived through. Nothing...
Event at the University of Athens: “Democracy, the Rule of Law, Human Rights. The Council of Europe in the Face of Contemporary Challenges”
Check against delivery Speech by Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Minister Floridis, Deputy Minister Papadopoulou, Vice-Rector Papaioannou, Dean Christodoulou, Former...
International Conference – “Shaping democratic renewal: civic space and the path to a New Democratic Pact for Europe”
Check against delivery Speech by Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Ambassador Cujbă, Commissioner O’Flaherty, Excellencies, Dear participants, There is a photograph of...
Ceremony of presentation of the gift of Armenia to the Council of Europe
Check against delivery Speech by Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Minister Mirzoyan, Ambassador Papikyan, PACE President Bayr, Excellencies, Members of Armenia’s...
Ceremony marking the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
Check against delivery Speech by Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe A name is the beginning of human dignity. The Holocaust started by taking that away. Numbers instead of...
First part of the 2026 Ordinary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly: “The Council of Europe and the Rupture in the World Order”
Check against delivery Speech by Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe OPENING Parliamentary Assembly President, Parliamentary Assembly Secretary General, Excellencies, Dear...
Award Ceremony of the 2026 Council of Europe Raoul Wallenberg Prize
Check against delivery Speech by Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Ambassador Rusz, Ambassador Kebbon, Excellencies, Mr. Liddell, Chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Prize Jury,...
Digitalswitzerland WEF 2026 lunch event: “Towards effective AI governance: global perspectives and Switzerland’s approach”
Check against delivery Speech by Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe OPENING Minister Keldo, Digitalswitzerland President Meyer, OFCOM Director Maissen, Ladies and Gentlemen,...
Diplomatic Conference Claims Commission
Check against delivery Speech by Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe President Zelenskyy, Prime Minister Schoof, President Sandu, Ministers, Delegates, It is a great...
Informal ministerial conference – Ministers of Justice
Check against delivery Speech by Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Ambassadors, Delegates. Thank you for accepting my invitation...