8. Callsupon the Council to report upon its endeavours to encourage other arms-exporting States to
subscribetotheprinciplesoftheCodeofConduct;
9. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the govern-
mentsandparliamentsoftheMemberStates.
3. Human rights: Moratorium on capital punishment
B5-0144, 0155, 0159, 0169 and 0171/1999
Resolution on the vote on the UN General Assembly resolution on the creation of a universal
moratorium on capital punishment
The European Parliament,
’dash havingregardtoitspreviousresolutionsonthedeathpenalty,
A. reaffirming that abolitionofthe death penalty will help to consolidatehuman dignity and gradually
extendthescopeofhumanrights,
B. concernedatthethreatofexecutionoverhangingthousandsofpersonsandattheplightofEuropean
nationalscondemnedtodeathinthirdcountries,
C. extremelyconcernedatthedeathsentencepassedonMrÖcalan,
1. CongratulatestheCouncil,andinparticulartheFinnishPresidency,forhavingdecidedtosubmitto
theUnitedNationsGeneralAssembly,onbehalfoftheUnion,aresolutionontheabolitionofthedeathpenalty;
2. CallsontheFinnishPresidencyandonMemberStatestoensurethatthetextoftheaboveresolution
makesexplicitreferencetothefutureestablishmentofauniversalmoratoriumoncapitalpunishment;
3. Considersitmoreoverofthehighestimportancefortheaboveresolutiontoprovidefortheappoint-
mentofaspecialrapporteurinstructedtoensureimplementationoftheresolution’scontentsandproposemechanismsandactionsdesignedtoensuregenuineimplementationoftheresolution;
4. Welcomestheabolitionofthe deathpenaltyin certain countries, in particular thoseofcentral and
easternEurope;
5. Expresses its concern at those countries that are proceeding to revive capital punishment despite
havingdispensedwithitformanyyears;
6. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the United
NationsSecretary-General.
4. Human rights: The Moluccas
B5-0145, 0153, 0167 and 0172/1999
Resolution on the serious violations of human rights on the Moluccas in Indonesia
The European Parliament,
’dash havingregardtoitspreviousresolutionsonIndonesia,
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A. whereasthereisaneedforurgentinternationalattentiontobepaidtotheescalatingintra-community
conflictinandaroundAmboninIndonesia’sMoluccanislands,
B. whereas,sinceNovember1998,hundredsofpeoplehavediedontheMoluccasandinotherregions
inviolentincidents,andwhereastensofthousandshavefled,
C. whereas, despite the Indonesian Government’s undertakings, in August, a further 65 people were
killed on Ambon (Moluccas), 242 were injured and thousands were made homeless, while up to
24 September there have been a further 40 fatalities, dozens of people have been injured and now35000havefled,
D. whereasthenumberofviolentincidentshassharplyincreasedduringthesummer,andwhereassuch
incidentscontinuetooccurinotherpartsofIndonesiasuchasAceh,IrianJayaandRiau,
E. whereas oneofthecausesofthisviolenceistheenforcedtransferofIndonesiancitizensfromother
areas, including Sulawesi (Celebes), to the Moluccas, as a result of which the old balance betweenMuslimsandChristianshasbeenupset,
F. whereas the economic problems in the region have served to aggravate the situation, and whereas
measures designed to activate a more equitable distribution of the country’s wealth would play avaluableroleinthedemocratisationprocess,
G. whereastheIndonesianmilitaryunitshavefailedtomaintainorderamongthedifferentcommunities,
andwhereasthishasresultedinfurtherhumansufferingandserioushumanrightsviolations,
H. emphasisingtheimportanceofsupportingapeacefuldialoguebetweenChristianandMuslimcommu-
nities,
I. whereasarmedmilitiagroupsontheMoluccasareactivelyprovokingthelocalpopulationandcaus-
ing acts ofviolence, andwhereas just asin Timor, they appear tobe protected by the official armyunits,
1. ConsidersitessentialthatthedelicateethnicandreligiousbalanceoftheMoluccasispreservedand
thatactsofviolencejeopardisingthisbalanceshouldthereforebedealtwithbysecuritypersonnelinawaywhichisinaccordancewithinternationalhumanrightsstandardsandwiththeaimtoreducetheexistinghighleveloftension;
2. CallsontheEuropeanUniontoexertpressureontheIndonesianGovernmentsothatthepeopleof
theMoluccasmaycountonthefullprotectionoftheIndonesianmilitaryunitsstationedthere;
3. Calls on the Indonesian Parliament to continue the process of reforming of the institutions of the
countryandexpectsasimilarandparallelreformprocessinmilitaryandpolice;
4. CallsontheIndonesianGovernmenttorootoutanddisbandtheviolentmilitiasandtoensurethat
personsguiltyofprovocativeacts,violenceandmurderareputontrial;
5. Calls on the Indonesian Government to cooperate with the UN and the NGOs concerned with
human rights so as to ensure that objective reports are provided on the situation and on the cause andextentofviolenceandthatcivilsolutionsmaybefoundtorepairthedamageandrestorecivilorder;
6. Callson the European Union togrant humanitarian aid, namely foodand medicine, to the tens of
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7. Calls on the European Union to discuss with the Indonesian Government the issue of the forced
transfer of Indonesian citizens to other islands because it is this ’dash and not only on the Moluccas butalsoinotherareassuchasIrianJaya’dashwhichhasanunsettlingeffectandencouragesviolenceandmay,infuture,causeevenmoremiseryinIndonesia;
8. CallsontheEuropean Uniontodoitsutmosttohelptopromotedemocracyandhumanrights in
Indonesia,withtheIndonesianarmybeingmadesubordinatetothegovernmentandethnicandreligiousminoritiesrespectedandprotectedinaccordancewiththeIndonesianConstitution;
9. CallsontheEuropeanUniontomaintainpressureontheIndonesianGovernmenttocontinuealong
the path towards reform and democracy and respect for regional autonomy as part of the democraticstructuresofIndonesia;
10. Callson the Commissionand Council to envisage, with the UN and the Indonesian Government,
aprogrammeaimedatrebuilding acivilsocietywhichrespectstheethnicandreligious balanceofIndo-nesia’sMoluccanislands;
11. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council, the Indonesian
ParliamentandGovernment,theSecretary-GeneraloftheUNandtheASEAN.
5. Human rights: Belarus
B5-0146, 0154, 0164 and 0173/1999
Resolution on the situation in Belarus
The European Parliament,
’dash havingregardtoitspreviousresolutionsonthesituationinBelarus,
’dash havingregardtotheCouncildeclarationof15September1997,
A. whereas,accordingtothe1994Constitution,themandateofPresidentLukashenkoexpiredon20July
1999,andwhereasnootherlegitimate,democraticstructureshavebeeninforcesincetheirabolition
by President Lukashenko following a controversial referendum held in 1996; whereas parliamentaryelectionsarescheduledfortheyear2000,
B. noting that opposition politicians continue to be denied access to the state-controlled printed and
electronicmediaandthatevenaccesstothenewestmediasuchastheInternetiscompletelyprohib-ited,
C. deeplyconcernedaboutthestillunsolvedcasesconcerningthedisappearanceofVictorGonchar,dep-
utyspeakeroftheThirteenthSupremeCouncil,andAnatolyKrasovsky,headofthe‘Kraiska’publish-inghouse,whowerelastseenon16September1999,aswellasthatoftheformerheadofBelarusNational Bank, Tamara Vinnikova, andthe former Minister of Internal Affairs, General Yuri Zakhar-enko,
D. noting, furthermore, that the former Prime Minister, Mikhail Chyhir, is being held in prison on the
chargeofabuseofofficeforwhich,however,noproofhasyetbeenfound,
E. noting,furthermore,thatsomemanagersofenterpriseswererecentlyarrestedinanapparentattempt
toincreaseStatecontroloverthoseenterprises,
F. concernedaboutthemountingcriminalisationofjournalistsoftheindependentpress,whichhasled
inter aliatotheimpositiononthemajorindependentjournal ‘Naviny’ofafineofaboutUS$20000
andtoathreatofclosurebeingmadeonbehalfofthePresidenthimself,
G. emphasising once again that the European Union, by way of a Partnership and Cooperation Agree-
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