01:30Thank you very much.
01:31Thank you so much.
02:17My friends, every Russian war crime must have consequences for those who committed them.
02:23We hope the Tribunal for Russian aggression will truly begin its work.
02:29Not just for us, but for everyone who wants peace in Europe.
02:35We expect that every mechanism for compensation from the register of damage
02:43and claims commission to the actual payments will start working and receive strong and sufficient
02:51international support so that people can truly feel that any kind of damage caused by the war
02:58can be compensated. This war and Russia's responsibility for it must become a clear
03:08example so that others learn not to choose aggression.
03:32Today is all about justice because without it there can be no just and lasting peace.
03:37But justice doesn't just follow automatically. We need to lay the groundwork and prepare as
03:45carefully as possible. Today we are taking the next step. We have launched the International
03:52Claims Commission for Ukraine which will deal with compensation for damage inflicted during the war.
03:58Every day in Ukraine Russia is deliberately bombarding homes, destroying businesses
04:04and damaging infrastructure. And there must be no impunity.
04:15The Council of Europe has no drones, no missiles, but it has the force of the law. International law that
04:26applies to all. No exceptions. No double standards. And our task is clear to record the truth,
04:38to provide redress, and to hold those responsible to account. Justice takes time, but it must happen. And the
04:49International Claims Commission for Ukraine leads the way.
05:00The front line is not only in Ukraine. It is wherever Europeans expect safety, stability,
05:08and normalcy and normalcy, and begin to lose them. This moment is about Ukraine. But it is also about
05:16whether free and sovereign nations in Europe can protect their people from evil and harm. Whether we,
05:24Europeans, can hold together in solidarity to defend our way of life, our democracies, and our peace.
05:32This is why the convention we signed today, establishing the International Claims Commission for Ukraine, matters.
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