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2009/2503(RSP) Resolution on the EU strategy towards Belarus

Progress: Procedure completed

Legal Basis:

RoP 132-p2

Subjects

6.40.04 Relations with the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

Events

2009/01/15

EP - Results of vote in Parliament

Documents

Results of vote in Parliament

2009/01/15

EP - Decision by Parliament

Details

Following a debate which took place during the sitting of 14 January 2009, the European Parliament adopted by 551 votes to 15 with 31 abstentions a resolution on the EU strategy towards Belarus. The resolution had been tabled for consideration in plenary by the EPP-ED, PES, ALDE, UEN, and Greens/ALE groups.

Parliament welcomed the decision by the Belarusian authorities to register the "For Freedom" movement headed by former Belarusian presidential candidate Aliaksandr Milinkevich. It also welcomed the decision by the Belarusian authorities to allow the printing and distribution of the two independent newspapers, Narodnaia Volia and Nasha Niva , as well as the release of political prisoners in Belarus. However, the resolution notes the fact that there are still 13 independent newspapers awaiting registration, and it deplores the fact that certain activitists do not enjoy all the rights guaranteed to Belarusian citizens by the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus. Parliament also criticises the fact that some other activists remain subject to various forms of restrictions on their freedom.

Members state that, in order to significantly improve relations with the EU, Belarus should (1) remain a country without political prisoners, (2) guarantee freedom of expression for the media, (3) continue to cooperate with the OSCE on reform of the electoral law, (4) improve conditions for the work of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and (5) guarantee freedom of assembly and political association.

Parliament urges the Belarusian Government to respect human rights by enacting a series of specific measures:

-making vitally needed changes to the Belarus Criminal Code by abolishing certain Articles which are often misused as a means of repression;

-refraining from threatening criminal prosecution, including for avoiding military service in Belarus, against students expelled from universities for their civic stance;

- eliminating all obstacles to the proper registration of NGOs in Belarus;

- improving the treatment of and respect for national minorities, including recognition of the legitimately elected body of the Union of Poles in Belarus.

Parliament stresses that the democratic opposition must be part of the process of gradual re-engagement with Belarus.

It calls on the Council and Commission to do the following:

- take further steps to liberalise visa procedures for Belarusian citizens, as such action is crucial to fulfilling the main goal of EU policy towards Belarus , namely intensifying people-to-people contacts that in turn facilitate the democratisation of the country;

- consider applying the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument and the European Instrument for Human Rights and Democracy to Belarus selectively by extending more support to Belarusian civil society, to urge the Belarusian Government, as a sign of goodwill and positive change, to enable the Belarusian "European Humanities University" in exile in Vilnius (Lithuania) to return legally to Belarus, to grant financial support to the independent Belarusian television channel Belsat, and to urge the Belarusian Government to officially register Belsat in Belarus;

- to consider measures to improve the business climate, trade, investment, energy and transport infrastructure and cross-border cooperation between the EU and Belarus;

- consider the participation of the European Investment Bank in investing in Belarusian energy transit infrastructure;

Parliament calls on the Belarusian authorities to observe international safety standards during the process of building a new nuclear power plant, and ratify the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Additional Protocol to the Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement. The Commission must monitor compliance by Belarus with the IAEA recommendations and the requirements of the Convention on Nuclear Safety and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and on the effects the operation of the nuclear power plant could have on neighbouring EU Member States.

The resolution deplores the repeated decisions by the Belarusian authorities over the last couple of years to refuse entrance visas to Members of the European Parliament and national parliamentarians. It calls on the Belarusian authorities not to create any further obstacles which serve to prevent its Delegation for relations with Belarus from visiting the country.

Lastly, Parliament condemns the fact that, contrary to UN values, Belarus is the only country in Europe which still has the death penalty.

Documents

T6-0027/2009

2009/01/15

EP - End of procedure in Parliament

2009/01/14

EP - Motion for a resolution

Documents

B6-0028/2009

2009/01/14

EP - Motion for a resolution

Documents

B6-0029/2009

2009/01/14

EP - Motion for a resolution

Documents

B6-0030/2009

2009/01/14

EP - Motion for a resolution

Documents

B6-0031/2009

2009/01/14

EP - Motion for a resolution

Documents

B6-0032/2009

2009/01/14

Joint motion for resolution

Documents

RC-B6-0028/2009

2009/01/14

EP - Debate in Parliament

Details

A motion for a resolution closing this debate was due to be put to the vote on 15 January 2009.

Documents

Debate in Parliament

Documents

Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
Decision by Parliament: T6-0027/2009
Motion for a resolution: B6-0028/2009
Motion for a resolution: B6-0029/2009
Motion for a resolution: B6-0030/2009
Motion for a resolution: B6-0031/2009
Motion for a resolution: B6-0032/2009
Joint motion for resolution: RC-B6-0028/2009
Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
Motion for a resolution: B6-0028/2009
Motion for a resolution: B6-0029/2009
Motion for a resolution: B6-0030/2009
Motion for a resolution: B6-0031/2009
Motion for a resolution: B6-0032/2009
Joint motion for resolution: RC-B6-0028/2009

Activities

Marek SIWIEC
Plenary Speeches (5)
- 2016/11/22 EU strategy towards Belarus (debate)
- 2016/11/22 EU strategy towards Belarus (debate)
- 2016/11/22 EU strategy towards Belarus (debate)
- 2016/11/22 EU strategy towards Belarus (debate)
- 2016/11/22 EU strategy towards Belarus (debate)
Alessandro BATTILOCCHIO
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU strategy towards Belarus (debate)
Bas BELDER
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU strategy towards Belarus (debate)
Colm BURKE
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU strategy towards Belarus (debate)
Călin Cătălin CHIRIȚĂ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU strategy towards Belarus (debate)
Sylwester CHRUSZCZ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU strategy towards Belarus (debate)
Árpád DUKA-ZÓLYOMI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU strategy towards Belarus (debate)
Roberto FIORE
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU strategy towards Belarus (debate)
Věra FLASAROVÁ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU strategy towards Belarus (debate)
Milan HORÁČEK
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU strategy towards Belarus (debate)
Marianne MIKKO
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU strategy towards Belarus (debate)
Janusz ONYSZKIEWICZ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU strategy towards Belarus (debate)
Justas Vincas PALECKIS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU strategy towards Belarus (debate)
Józef PINIOR
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU strategy towards Belarus (debate)
Zita PLEŠTINSKÁ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU strategy towards Belarus (debate)
Zdzisław Zbigniew PODKAŃSKI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU strategy towards Belarus (debate)
Jacek PROTASIEWICZ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU strategy towards Belarus (debate)
Flaviu Călin RUS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU strategy towards Belarus (debate)
Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU strategy towards Belarus (debate)
Ewa TOMASZEWSKA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU strategy towards Belarus (debate)
Jan Marinus WIERSMA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 EU strategy towards Belarus (vote)

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events/0	date 2009-01-14T00:00:00 type Debate in Parliament body EP docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20090114&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament summary
events/2	date 2009-01-15T00:00:00 type Decision by Parliament body EP docs url: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-6-2009-0027_EN.html title: T6-0027/2009 summary Following a debate which took place during the sitting of 14 January 2009, the European Parliament adopted by 551 votes to 15 with 31 abstentions a resolution on the EU strategy towards Belarus. The resolution had been tabled for consideration in plenary by the EPP-ED, PES, ALDE, UEN, and Greens/ALE groups. Parliament welcomed the decision by the Belarusian authorities to register the "For Freedom" movement headed by former Belarusian presidential candidate Aliaksandr Milinkevich. It also welcomed the decision by the Belarusian authorities to allow the printing and distribution of the two independent newspapers, Narodnaia Volia and Nasha Niva , as well as the release of political prisoners in Belarus. However, the resolution notes the fact that there are still 13 independent newspapers awaiting registration, and it deplores the fact that certain activitists do not enjoy all the rights guaranteed to Belarusian citizens by the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus. Parliament also criticises the fact that some other activists remain subject to various forms of restrictions on their freedom. Members state that, in order to significantly improve relations with the EU, Belarus should (1) remain a country without political prisoners, (2) guarantee freedom of expression for the media, (3) continue to cooperate with the OSCE on reform of the electoral law, (4) improve conditions for the work of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and (5) guarantee freedom of assembly and political association. Parliament urges the Belarusian Government to respect human rights by enacting a series of specific measures: -making vitally needed changes to the Belarus Criminal Code by abolishing certain Articles which are often misused as a means of repression; -refraining from threatening criminal prosecution, including for avoiding military service in Belarus, against students expelled from universities for their civic stance; - eliminating all obstacles to the proper registration of NGOs in Belarus; - improving the treatment of and respect for national minorities, including recognition of the legitimately elected body of the Union of Poles in Belarus. Parliament stresses that the democratic opposition must be part of the process of gradual re-engagement with Belarus. It calls on the Council and Commission to do the following: - take further steps to liberalise visa procedures for Belarusian citizens, as such action is crucial to fulfilling the main goal of EU policy towards Belarus , namely intensifying people-to-people contacts that in turn facilitate the democratisation of the country; - consider applying the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument and the European Instrument for Human Rights and Democracy to Belarus selectively by extending more support to Belarusian civil society, to urge the Belarusian Government, as a sign of goodwill and positive change, to enable the Belarusian "European Humanities University" in exile in Vilnius (Lithuania) to return legally to Belarus, to grant financial support to the independent Belarusian television channel Belsat, and to urge the Belarusian Government to officially register Belsat in Belarus; - to consider measures to improve the business climate, trade, investment, energy and transport infrastructure and cross-border cooperation between the EU and Belarus; - consider the participation of the European Investment Bank in investing in Belarusian energy transit infrastructure; Parliament calls on the Belarusian authorities to observe international safety standards during the process of building a new nuclear power plant, and ratify the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Additional Protocol to the Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement. The Commission must monitor compliance by Belarus with the IAEA recommendations and the requirements of the Convention on Nuclear Safety and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and on the effects the operation of the nuclear power plant could have on neighbouring EU Member States. The resolution deplores the repeated decisions by the Belarusian authorities over the last couple of years to refuse entrance visas to Members of the European Parliament and national parliamentarians. It calls on the Belarusian authorities not to create any further obstacles which serve to prevent its Delegation for relations with Belarus from visiting the country. Lastly, Parliament condemns the fact that, contrary to UN values, Belarus is the only country in Europe which still has the death penalty.
events/2	date 2009-01-15T00:00:00 type Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body EP docs url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-6-2009-0027_EN.html title: T6-0027/2009 summary Following a debate which took place during the sitting of 14 January 2009, the European Parliament adopted by 551 votes to 15 with 31 abstentions a resolution on the EU strategy towards Belarus. The resolution had been tabled for consideration in plenary by the EPP-ED, PES, ALDE, UEN, and Greens/ALE groups. Parliament welcomed the decision by the Belarusian authorities to register the "For Freedom" movement headed by former Belarusian presidential candidate Aliaksandr Milinkevich. It also welcomed the decision by the Belarusian authorities to allow the printing and distribution of the two independent newspapers, Narodnaia Volia and Nasha Niva , as well as the release of political prisoners in Belarus. However, the resolution notes the fact that there are still 13 independent newspapers awaiting registration, and it deplores the fact that certain activitists do not enjoy all the rights guaranteed to Belarusian citizens by the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus. Parliament also criticises the fact that some other activists remain subject to various forms of restrictions on their freedom. Members state that, in order to significantly improve relations with the EU, Belarus should (1) remain a country without political prisoners, (2) guarantee freedom of expression for the media, (3) continue to cooperate with the OSCE on reform of the electoral law, (4) improve conditions for the work of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and (5) guarantee freedom of assembly and political association. Parliament urges the Belarusian Government to respect human rights by enacting a series of specific measures: -making vitally needed changes to the Belarus Criminal Code by abolishing certain Articles which are often misused as a means of repression; -refraining from threatening criminal prosecution, including for avoiding military service in Belarus, against students expelled from universities for their civic stance; - eliminating all obstacles to the proper registration of NGOs in Belarus; - improving the treatment of and respect for national minorities, including recognition of the legitimately elected body of the Union of Poles in Belarus. Parliament stresses that the democratic opposition must be part of the process of gradual re-engagement with Belarus. It calls on the Council and Commission to do the following: - take further steps to liberalise visa procedures for Belarusian citizens, as such action is crucial to fulfilling the main goal of EU policy towards Belarus , namely intensifying people-to-people contacts that in turn facilitate the democratisation of the country; - consider applying the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument and the European Instrument for Human Rights and Democracy to Belarus selectively by extending more support to Belarusian civil society, to urge the Belarusian Government, as a sign of goodwill and positive change, to enable the Belarusian "European Humanities University" in exile in Vilnius (Lithuania) to return legally to Belarus, to grant financial support to the independent Belarusian television channel Belsat, and to urge the Belarusian Government to officially register Belsat in Belarus; - to consider measures to improve the business climate, trade, investment, energy and transport infrastructure and cross-border cooperation between the EU and Belarus; - consider the participation of the European Investment Bank in investing in Belarusian energy transit infrastructure; Parliament calls on the Belarusian authorities to observe international safety standards during the process of building a new nuclear power plant, and ratify the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Additional Protocol to the Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement. The Commission must monitor compliance by Belarus with the IAEA recommendations and the requirements of the Convention on Nuclear Safety and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and on the effects the operation of the nuclear power plant could have on neighbouring EU Member States. The resolution deplores the repeated decisions by the Belarusian authorities over the last couple of years to refuse entrance visas to Members of the European Parliament and national parliamentarians. It calls on the Belarusian authorities not to create any further obstacles which serve to prevent its Delegation for relations with Belarus from visiting the country. Lastly, Parliament condemns the fact that, contrary to UN values, Belarus is the only country in Europe which still has the death penalty.
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activities	date: 2009-01-14T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20090114&type=CRE type: Debate in Parliament title: Debate in Parliament body: EP type: Debate in Parliament date: 2009-01-15T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=16639&l=en type: Results of vote in Parliament title: Results of vote in Parliament url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P6-TA-2009-27 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title: T6-0027/2009 body: EP type: Results of vote in Parliament
commission	body: EC dg: External Relations commissioner: FERRERO-WALDNER Benita
committees
docs	date: 2009-01-14T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B6-2009-28&language=EN title: B6-0028/2009 type: Motion for a resolution body: EP date: 2009-01-14T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B6-2009-29&language=EN title: B6-0029/2009 type: Motion for a resolution body: EP date: 2009-01-14T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B6-2009-30&language=EN title: B6-0030/2009 type: Motion for a resolution body: EP date: 2009-01-14T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B6-2009-31&language=EN title: B6-0031/2009 type: Motion for a resolution body: EP date: 2009-01-14T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B6-2009-32&language=EN title: B6-0032/2009 type: Motion for a resolution body: EP date: 2009-01-14T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=P6-RC-2009-28&language=EN title: RC-B6-0028/2009 type: Joint motion for resolution
events	date: 2009-01-14T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20090114&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament summary: date: 2009-01-15T00:00:00 type: Results of vote in Parliament body: EP docs: url: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=16639&l=en title: Results of vote in Parliament date: 2009-01-15T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P6-TA-2009-27 title: T6-0027/2009 summary: Following a debate which took place during the sitting of 14 January 2009, the European Parliament adopted by 551 votes to 15 with 31 abstentions a resolution on the EU strategy towards Belarus. The resolution had been tabled for consideration in plenary by the EPP-ED, PES, ALDE, UEN, and Greens/ALE groups. Parliament welcomed the decision by the Belarusian authorities to register the "For Freedom" movement headed by former Belarusian presidential candidate Aliaksandr Milinkevich. It also welcomed the decision by the Belarusian authorities to allow the printing and distribution of the two independent newspapers, Narodnaia Volia and Nasha Niva , as well as the release of political prisoners in Belarus. However, the resolution notes the fact that there are still 13 independent newspapers awaiting registration, and it deplores the fact that certain activitists do not enjoy all the rights guaranteed to Belarusian citizens by the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus. Parliament also criticises the fact that some other activists remain subject to various forms of restrictions on their freedom. Members state that, in order to significantly improve relations with the EU, Belarus should (1) remain a country without political prisoners, (2) guarantee freedom of expression for the media, (3) continue to cooperate with the OSCE on reform of the electoral law, (4) improve conditions for the work of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and (5) guarantee freedom of assembly and political association. Parliament urges the Belarusian Government to respect human rights by enacting a series of specific measures: -making vitally needed changes to the Belarus Criminal Code by abolishing certain Articles which are often misused as a means of repression; -refraining from threatening criminal prosecution, including for avoiding military service in Belarus, against students expelled from universities for their civic stance; - eliminating all obstacles to the proper registration of NGOs in Belarus; - improving the treatment of and respect for national minorities, including recognition of the legitimately elected body of the Union of Poles in Belarus. Parliament stresses that the democratic opposition must be part of the process of gradual re-engagement with Belarus. It calls on the Council and Commission to do the following: - take further steps to liberalise visa procedures for Belarusian citizens, as such action is crucial to fulfilling the main goal of EU policy towards Belarus , namely intensifying people-to-people contacts that in turn facilitate the democratisation of the country; - consider applying the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument and the European Instrument for Human Rights and Democracy to Belarus selectively by extending more support to Belarusian civil society, to urge the Belarusian Government, as a sign of goodwill and positive change, to enable the Belarusian "European Humanities University" in exile in Vilnius (Lithuania) to return legally to Belarus, to grant financial support to the independent Belarusian television channel Belsat, and to urge the Belarusian Government to officially register Belsat in Belarus; - to consider measures to improve the business climate, trade, investment, energy and transport infrastructure and cross-border cooperation between the EU and Belarus; - consider the participation of the European Investment Bank in investing in Belarusian energy transit infrastructure; Parliament calls on the Belarusian authorities to observe international safety standards during the process of building a new nuclear power plant, and ratify the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Additional Protocol to the Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement. The Commission must monitor compliance by Belarus with the IAEA recommendations and the requirements of the Convention on Nuclear Safety and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and on the effects the operation of the nuclear power plant could have on neighbouring EU Member States. The resolution deplores the repeated decisions by the Belarusian authorities over the last couple of years to refuse entrance visas to Members of the European Parliament and national parliamentarians. It calls on the Belarusian authorities not to create any further obstacles which serve to prevent its Delegation for relations with Belarus from visiting the country. Lastly, Parliament condemns the fact that, contrary to UN values, Belarus is the only country in Europe which still has the death penalty. date: 2009-01-15T00:00:00 type: End of procedure in Parliament body: EP
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