Since Russia launched its all-out invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the European Union has continued to stand by Ukrainian people, welcoming refugees, providing defence equipment and financial aid. The war has had devastating effects across Ukrainian society and for many young Ukrainians, it has severely disrupted their education. 
 
With the support of EU funding, Kamil, an IT professor in Czechia, has been setting up the Digital University platform to allow Ukrainian students to continue learning online.
And Olena has continued her education in the EU as an Erasmus+ student and a young European ambassador in Gdańsk, Poland.

Ensuring education for Ukrainians in times of war: Meet Kamil and Olena - 9:16

Since Russia launched its all-out invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the European Union has continued to stand by Ukrainian people, welcoming refugees, providing defence equipment and financial aid. The war has had devastating effects across Ukrainian society and for many young Ukrainians, it has severely disrupted their education. 

With the support of EU funding, Kamil, an IT professor in Czechia, has been setting up the Digital University platform to allow Ukrainian students to continue learning online.

And Olena has continued her education in the EU as an Erasmus+ student and a young European ambassador in Gdańsk, Poland.

Ensuring education for Ukrainians in times of war: Meet Kamil and Olena

In 1995, Irish President Mary Robinson told the European Parliament that Europe was key to building a lasting peace on the island of Ireland. 
  
The first woman president of the Irish Republic said the EU must continue to use its power to help end conflicts, raise living standards for all Europeans and alleviate poverty around the world.  
   
*Watch the full speech on the European Parliament's Multimedia channel http://epyoutube.eu/mmc_mary_robinson

Mary Robinson’s speech on Irish reconciliation | European Parliament

Pope John-Paul II said the Vatican strongly supported the ongoing European construction, a peaceful process bringing people together and providing a beacon to the world.
 
He urged tolerance among peoples and faiths and the protection of the environment. The pope spoke of the importance of Christianity in Europe’s past and future.
 
The first pope to visit the European Parliament addressed the plenary in Strasbourg in October 1988.
 
* Watch the full speech on the European Parliament's Multimedia Centre: http://epyoutube.eu/SpeechPopeJohnPaulII

Pope John-Paul II speech on the European construction ⎢European Parliament

Czech President Václav Havel on feeling European four years before his country joined the EU.

Václav Havel was both the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first democratically-elected president in the country after the fall of communism, as well as the first of the Czech Republic after it was founded.

In 2000, four years before his country joined the EU, he addressed the European Parliament, speaking about the feeling of Europeanness and European unity.  

* Watch the full speech on the European Parliament's Multimedia Centre http://epyoutube.eu/speechhavel

Speech by Václav Havel on European identity | European Parliament

Liberian leader Ellen Johnson Sirleaf called for international help to prevent a return to violence after 14 years of civil war in her country.
 
The first woman elected president of an African nation addressed the European Parliament in September 2006, just eight months after taking office.
 
She said Liberians were committed to putting the conflict  - which ended in 2003 - behind them. She talked about the devastation left by war, the challenges of rebuilding and reconciliation, and the need for international help for sustainable development.
 
* Watch the full speech on the European Parliament's Multimedia Centre: http://epyoutube.eu/SpeechEllenJohnson

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf speech on Liberia | European Parliament

Five days after Russian forces invaded Ukraine, the country's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke to the European Parliament by video link from Kyiv, a city under siege.
 
In a defiant speech, he praised the bravery of his fellow Ukrainians, denounced the senseless killing and called on the European Parliament to back Ukraine's application to join the EU.
 
* Watch the full recording of the 1 March 2022 speech on the European Parliament's Multimedia Centre: http://epyoutube.eu/speechZelenskyy

Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s speech on war in Ukraine | European Parliament

South African leader Nelson Mandela called for a swift end to the apartheid system and preached reconciliation.
 
It was July 1990. Just four months earlier he had been released, after 27 years in prison.
 
At the time, South Africa was still ruled by a white minority government. Four years after this speech, Mandela would become the first president of a democratic South Africa.

* Watch the full speech on the European Parliament's Multimedia Centre:
http://epyoutube.eu/SpeechMandela

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