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(2) emphasizes that a precondition for the inte-
gration of Belarus into the Western community of 
nations is its establishment of a genuinely demo-
cratic political system; 
(3) expresses its strong and continuing support 
for the efforts of the Belarusian people to establish 
a full democracy, the rule of law, and respect for 
human rights in Belarus; 
(4) urges the Government of Belarus to guar-
antee freedom of association and assembly, including 
the right of candidates, members of political parties, 
and others to freely assemble, to organize and con-
duct public events, and to exercise these and other 
rights free from intimidation or harassment by na-
tional or local officials or others acting at their be-
hest; 
(5) urges the Government of Belarus to meet 
its Organization for Security and Cooperation in Eu-
rope (OSCE) standards and commitments on demo-
cratic elections, including the standards on free and 
fair elections as defined in the 1990 Copenhagen 
Document; 
(6) urges the Belarusian authorities to en-
sure—
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(A) the full transparency of election proce-
dures before, during, and after the 2006 presi-
dential election; 
(B) unobstructed access by election mon-
itors from the Office of Democratic Institutions 
and Human Rights (ODIHR), other partici-
pating States of the OSCE, Belarusian political 
parties, candidates’ representatives, nongovern-
mental organizations, and other private institu-
tions and organizations—both foreign and do-
mestic—to all aspects of the election process, 
including unimpeded access to public campaign 
events, candidates, news media, voting, and 
post-election tabulation of results and proc-
essing of election challenges and complaints; 
(C) multiparty representation on all elec-
tion commissions; 
(D) unimpeded access by all parties and 
candidates to print, radio, television, and Inter-
net media on a non-discriminatory basis; 
(E) freedom of candidates, members of op-
position parties, and independent media organi-
zations from intimidation or harassment by 
government officials at all levels via selective 
tax audits and other regulatory and bureau-
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cratic procedures, and in the case of media, li-
cense revocations and libel suits, among other 
measures; 
(F) a transparent process for complaint 
and appeals through electoral commissions and 
within the court system that provides timely 
and effective remedies; and 
(G) vigorous prosecution of any individual 
or organization responsible for violations of 
election laws or regulations, including the appli-
cation of appropriate administrative or criminal 
penalties; 
(7) encourages the international community, in-
cluding the Council of Europe, the OSCE, and the 
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, to continue their ef-
forts to support democracy in Belarus and urges 
countries such as Lithuania and other Baltic coun-
tries and Nordic countries to continue to provide as-
sistance to nongovernmental organizations and other 
Belarusian organizations involved in promoting de-
mocracy and fair elections in Belarus; and 
(8) pledges its support to the Belarusian peo-
ple, their commitment to a fully free and open demo-
cratic system, their creation of a prosperous free 
market economy, and their country’s assumption of