Speeches
Digital@UNGA Anchor Event hosted by ITU and UNDP – Celebrating the power of Digital for Good: for People and Prosperity
Check against delivery - Speech by Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Good evening. History no longer moves in centuries… It moves in seconds. One spark can start a...
Beijing+30 High-level meeting of the General Assembly on the 30th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women
Check against delivery - Speech by Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Madam President of the General Assembly, Excellencies, A girl born today may never see gender equality —...
Lecture at the Diplomatic Academy
Check against delivery - Speech by Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Madam Permanent Secretary, Ambassador Constantinidou, Mr. Manolis, Director of Studies, Excellencies,...
Consultation Group on the Children of Ukraine (CGU) in collaboration with the Maltese Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe Conference: High-level stock-taking session on the situation of the children of Ukraine: Council of Europe actions
Check against delivery - Speech by Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Honourable Michael Falzon, Minister for Social Policy and Children’s Rights of Malta, Her Excellency...
International Conference on 75th anniversary of the German accession to the Council of Europe
Check against delivery - Speech by Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe INTRODUCTION Guten Morgen allerseits. Es ist mir eine große Freude, heute hier in Berlin zu sein – an...
Opening Informal Conference of Ministers on the 15th Anniversary of the Lanzarote Convention
Check against delivery - Speech by Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Minister Falzon, Ministers, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, One in five girls. One in seven boys....
Address to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and signature of the Agreement on the Establishment of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine
As delivered by Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thank you dear President Zelenskyy, Ministers, President of PACE, Ambassadors, Ladies and Gentlemen, Dnipro. Another...
Ceremony of presentation of the gift of Ukraine to the Council of Europe
Check against delivery - Speech by Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Deputy Prime Minister Borg, Ambassador Tarasyuk — dear Borys, Mr. Romain Minin, Excellencies, Ladies and...
Launch event for the ‘Thinking of You’, exhibition by Alketa Xhafa Mripa
Check against delivery - Speech by Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Ambassador Gonggrijp, dear Tanja, President Rousopoulos, Ms. Alketa Xhafa-Mripa, Ladies and gentlemen,...
Opening Ceremony – Hackathon and Democratic Debates
Check against delivery - Speech by Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe [Audio montage on disinformation] This is the soundtrack of disinformation. But this room has heard...