NoC72/118 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 15.3.93
Thursday ,11February 1993
1.Condemns governments which,byfocusingoneconomic competition withoutthe
necessarysocialrules,arewillingtomakeworkersthevictimsofcurrentdevelopments ;
2.CallsfortherapidadoptionoftheproposalforaCouncilDirectiveontheestablishment ofa
EuropeanWorksCouncil(EWC)inCommunity-scale undertakings orgroupsofundertakings
forthepurposesofinforming andconsulting employees andforrenewedconsideration tobe
giventothemeasuresproposed intheVredeling Directive ,whichwassupported bythe
EuropeanParliament ;
3.CallsontheCommission torecognize thatsocialdumpingconstitutes adistortionof
competition andtoconsiderhowtoimplement provisions which,inconjunction withtheruleson
unfaireconomiccompetition ,wouldpreventcompanies fromusingsocialcompetition toboost
theirprofits;
4.CallsontheCommission toensurethat,evenbeforetheDirectiveonaEuropeanWorks
Councilisimplemented ,everypossibleeffortismadetopermitandfacilitatedialoguebetween
management andlabourinplantsbelonging tothesamecompanyandsituatedinseveralMember
States;
5.CallsontheCommission toexaminewhether ,inthelightofrecentincidents ,itispossible
fortheCommunity totackleproblemsraisedbyeconomicliberalization intheabsenceofsocial
protection measures ;
6.CallsontheCommission toensurethateverypossibleeffortismadetoestablishagenuine
Community industrial strategy,whichwillensurethatthelong-term needsofEuropean
industrialdevelopment arenotsubordinated totheshort-term horizonsofcapitalmarketsand
financialinstitutions ;
7.Reiterates itscallforsocialclausestobeintroduced intointernational agreements ,
especially theGATTagreements ;
8.AskstheUnitedKingdomtoaccedetothesocialprotocoloftheMaastricht Treatyassoon
aspossibleandtheMemberStatesthathavenotyetratifiedtheMaastricht Treatytodoso
withoutdelaysothattherightsofworkersintheCommunity maybebetterprotected ;
9.CallsontheCommission toreporttoitassoonaspossibleonrelocation decisionstakenby
undertakings inrecentyears,sothatitmaybedetermined whatpartthedistortions intheMember
States'ownsubsidization systemsanddirectorindirectthreatstoworkers'fundamental rights
playedinthesedecisions ;
10.InstructsitsPresident toforwardthisresolution totheCommission ,theCouncil ,theUK
Government andtherepresentatives ofthetwosidesofindustry .
3.Concentration camps
RESOLUTION B3-0208,0218,0219,0228and0284/93
Resolution onEuropeanandinternational protection forNaziconcentration campsashistorical
monuments
TheEuropeanParliament ,
A.mindfulofthecurrentthreatstothepreservation ofthesitesoftheNaziconcentration camps
andtotheirspecialsignificance inhistoricalterms,
B.rejectingallarbitrarycorrelations betweentherealityoftheNazicampsandtheusesto
whichtheymayhavebeenputafterthewar,

15.3.93 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoC72/119
Thursday ,11February 1993
C.considering thatthemillionsofpeoplewhodiedinNaziconcentration campsdeservethe
respectofpresentandfuturegenerations andthatthevalueofthesacrificestheymadefor
freedom,humanrightsandpeacemustserveasanexamplefortheeducationofouryoung
people,
D.maintaining thatremaining loyaltothememoryofthemillionsofvictimsentailsnotjust
preserving thesitesbutalsoinforming visitorsofthewidelydifferingoriginsofthepeople
imprisoned inthesecampsandthereasonsfortheirdeportation ;
E.attachingparamount importance totheconservation ofallarchivesrelatingtoNazi
concentration camps,particular thoseatArolsen,andtothesebeingmadeavailablefor
researchpurposes ,
F.protesting againstallcurrentmanifestations ofracism,anti-Semitism andxenophobia and
anyreturntoNaziideologies condemned bythecivilizedworld,
1.CallsontheMemberStates,theCouncilandCommission togivefinancialandother
supporttoallmeasuresdesignedtopreservethespecialsignificance oftheNaziconcentration
campsandtoplacethemunderEuropeanandinternational protection ;
2.Callsforasurvey,tobeconducted underitsauthority ,ofalllawsorRegulations ofthe
MemberStatesdesignedtocombatallformsofneo-Nazism ,racismandxenophobia andinsists
thatitisthedutyoftheCommission ,theCouncilandtheEuropeanParliament ,assignatories of
theJointDeclaration againstRacismandXenophobia ,touseallpossiblemeanstocombatall
manifestations ofneo-Nazism intheCommunity andanydenialofthefactthatextermination
tookplaceinthecamps;
3.InstructsitsPresident toforwardthisresolution totheCouncil ,theCommission andthe
governments oftheMemberStates.
4.Humanrights
(a)RESOLUTION B3-0198,0205,0206,0212,0258and0260/93
Resolution onthecontinued oppression oftheBurmesepeopleandtheexpulsionofrefugeesfrom
Bangladesh
TheEuropean Parliament ,
A.concerned atthefateofMrsAungSanSuuKyi,winneroftheNobelPeacePrizeandthe
EuropeanParliament Sakharov Prizein1991,whoannounced herrefusaltoacceptany
materialaidfromherjailorsandbeganahungerstrikeinNovember 1992,
B.seriouslyconcerned atthesituationofthe'Rohinyas'whohavefledfromBurmato
Bangladesh andwhohavebeenstrippedoftheirBurmesenationality ,
C.notingthatanationalconvention hasbeencalledbytheBurmeseconstitution andthatsome
ofthe10politicalpartiesrepresented ,includingtheNationalLeagueforDemocracy ,have
opposedprovisions foraspecialconstitutional roleforthearmedforces,
D.welcoming thevisitofseveralNobelPrizeWinnerstoBangkokandsubsequently (during
theUNHCRsession)toGenevatodemonstrate theirconcernforAungSanSuuKyiandall
politicalprisoners inBurma,
E.recallingthatAungSanSuuKyiandtheNationalLeagueforDemocracy ,whichwonthe
Burmeseelectionsof1990,havestillnotbeenpermitted totakeofficeandmanymembers
continuetobeheldaspoliticalprisoners ,