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B4-0220/95

Resolution on human rights in Turkey and the charging of the author Yashar Kemal by the State Security Court in Istanbul in connection with 'separatist propaganda'

The European Parliament,

A. whereas, on 13 January 1995, the State Security Court in Istanbul ordered an investigation of the Turkish writer Yashar Kemal and, on 23 January, decided to institute proceedings against him on the grounds of 'separatist propaganda',

B. whereas the reason for this action is an article by the aforementioned writer published in the 2 January 1995 edition of the German weekly Der Spiegel, in which he condemned Ankara's crackdown on Turkey's Kurdish minority and criticized the ambivalent tone of the authorities' voice, which is conciliatory towards the West but ruthless within Turkey's own frontiers,

C. whereas Turkey is a member of the Council of Europe and has signed and ratified the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights (ECHR),

D. whereas systematic persecution of writers, journalists and intellectuals is continuing under the current Turkish Government,

E. whereas the number of people arrested and imprisoned in Turkey for 'the offence of holding a particular opinion' continues to grow,

F. whereas, under the Turkish anti-terrorism law, the 'offence of separatist propaganda', with which Yashar Kemal has been charged, is punishable by two to five years' imprisonment and a heavy fine,

G. whereas the writer, who is 72 years old, acts as his country's conscience and was imprisoned soon after the military coup in March 1971 for having criticized the social situation in his country,

The European Parliament,

1. Emphatically condemns the charging of Yashar Kemal;

2. Considers that the charge of 'separatist propaganda' brought against him is totally unjustified and that the article in Der Spiegel does not contain any objective element which would give grounds for such a charge;

3. Considers, therefore, that this action is tantamount to a political trial and constitutes a serious violation of human rights and the right of freedom of expression;

4. Deems such proceedings to be unworthy of a country which claims to be democratic and which is associated with the European Union;

5. Calls on the Council and the Commission to bring pressure to bear on the Turkish authorities in order to ensure that Turkey shows greater respect for human rights and that all proceedings against the author Yashar Kemal are dropped;

6. Recalls and reaffirms its previous resolutions on the human rights situation in Turkey and, in particular, its resolutions of 29 September 1994 ((OJ C 305, 31.10.1994, p. 95.)) and 15 December 1994 ((Minutes of that Sitting, Part II, Item 12.)) on the trial of Turkish Members of Kurdish origin of the Turkish Grand National Assembly;

7. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission and to the Turkish Government.
B4-0455 and 0462/95

Resolution on acts of racist violence in France and Italy

The European Parliament,

A. horrified by the attack on two gypsy children in Pisa on 14 March 1995,

B. deeply shocked by the death of Ibrahim Ali, a 17-year-old French schoolboy of Comoro origin, who died during the night of 21/22 February 1995 in Marseilles after being shot in the back by National Front billposters, and by the attack on Mrs Joussef Hohalin Nurta, a 22-year-old, seven-months pregnant Somalian woman who was viciously kicked by four teenagers at Ostia,

C. disgusted by the attempts to explain and justify the killing of Ibrahim Ali by National Front leaders who have dared to invoke self-defence despite the fact that their billposters were armed and are reported to have fired shots from a car on a group of young people carrying musical instruments;

D. whereas the public prosecutor has found no evidence to support the self- defence argument;

E. extremely concerned about acts of racist violence on members of communities of foreign origin in numerous European countries,

F. outraged by the racist and xenophobic utterances of certain political leaders and by the spread of propaganda encouraging xenophobia for electoral purposes,

G. anxious about the machinations of certain extreme right-wing groups and the increasingly frequent acts of violence and attacks perpetrated by their members;

H. whereas racist acts are an offence against human rights and extremist ideas kill just as much as weapons;

The European Parliament,

1. Expresses its sympathy to the family of Ibrahim Ali, to all families of victims of racist acts and to Mrs Joussef Hohalin Nurta;

2. Strongly condemns these acts of racist violence and racist utterances or propaganda which may lead to crime;

3. Calls for those responsible for the death of Ibrahim Ali and the attack on Mrs Joussef Hohalin Nurta to be punished;

4. Calls also for the National Front leaders who attempted to explain and justify the murder of Ibrahim Ali to be prosecuted;

5. Urges the governments of the Member States to ensure the protection of foreign communities against racist and fascist violence and to contribute to an improvement in their living, housing and working conditions;

6. Calls on the governments of the Member States and the authorities of the European Union to tighten up measures to combat racism and xenophobia by implementing the proposals it has put forward on numerous occasions, and in particular by adopting and tightening up legislation against racism and xenophobia in all the Member States;

7. Calls on all political leaders to refrain from any utterances encouraging xenophobia, even indirectly;

8. Calls on the Member States to use all the legal means available to combat racist attacks, and to consider how the organizations and parties concerned can be made accountable for creating the moral climate in which killings like that in Marseilles are possible;

9. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, and the governments and parliaments of the Member States.
B4-0752, 0776, 0787, 0803 and 0818/95

Resolution on the elections in Guinea

The European Parliament,

- having regard to its previous resolutions on Guinea,

A. whereas the first national pluralist legislative elections in Guinea are scheduled for 11 June 1995, and whereas this represents an opportunity for the country to express its democratic will,

B. having been alerted to the political situation and the repression of opposition movements in Guinea by various human rights organizations and, inter alia, by the 1994 Amnesty International Report,

C. stressing its desire to contribute to respect for individual and collective human rights and convinced that cooperation between the Member States of the European Union and third countries should be based on respect for these rights,

D. stressing the need for a climate of trust and genuine freedom to be established in the country so as to ensure that the forthcoming general elections pass off smoothly,

E. hoping that a spirit of complete impartiality will prevail during the elections scheduled for 11 June 1995, in order to guarantee lasting social and political peace in Guinea,

F. whereas the EU must help ensure that these elections are held in conditions of maximum freedom and transparency, so as to guarantee a future of peace and democracy in Guinea,

1. Considers it essential for Guinea to be able to make genuine progress towards democracy and hopes that the elections of 11 June will pass off peacefully and in conditions of the strictest impartiality;

2. Calls for the right to free expression and to information to be guaranteed, particularly in view of the general elections;

3. Resolves to send a team of observers to Guinea, at least 10 days before polling, to monitor the June election;

4. Calls for an international inquiry to be held in order to shed light on political rights violations in Guinea;

5. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council, the Co-Presidents of the ACP-EU Joint Assembly, the OAU and the government of the Republic of Guinea.
B4-1518, 1537, 1543 and 1562/95

Resolution on the situation in Burundi

The European Parliament,

- recalling its previous resolutions on the situation in Burundi,

A. alarmed by the persistent instability in Burundi that resulted on 6 December 1995 in violent clashes around Bujumbura between Hutu militias and the army that left 28 dead,

B. concerned at the reports of the massacre of numerous civilians in the provinces and in isolated mountainous regions,

C. fearing that the continued provocations of extremists on both sides and the intransigent response of the army might trigger off a new wave of ethnic killing following that of 1993 which left 50 000 dead,

D. deploring the fact that the participants in the Cairo Conference on the region of the Great Lakes did not take any specific decisions on resolving the current explosive situation in the country,

E. expressing the deepest regret at the fact that, despite the manifest tension, no-one has yet been appointed to succeed Mr Ould Abdallah, the United Nations Secretary-General's Personal Representative,

F. concerned for the safety of the members of non-governmental organizations, which are being increasingly targeted by the extremists,

1. Firmly condemns the continued ethnic killings and all other acts of violence that are committed by bands of extremists on both sides and by elements of the army in an ongoing attempt to destabilise the situation and increase ethnic confrontation;

2. Reaffirms its full support for the lawfully established institutions in Burundi, in particular for the President of the Republic and democratic forces as a whole;

3. Calls on all parties concerned to take all necessary steps to prevent the escalation of violence;

4. Calls for the international committee of inquiry to speed up its work and for those responsible for the massacres to be arrested, tried and convicted in order to put a stop to the climate of impunity, which is contributing to the upsurge in violence;

5. Calls on the United Nations to appoint and dispatch a Special Representative as soon as possible and to supply him with a stronger support team in view of the current situation;

6. Calls on the Commission, Council and Member States to formulate and implement without delay a workable prevention strategy in Burundi, according to the guidelines on preventive diplomacy, conflict resolution and peace-keeping in Africa adopted by the Council on 4 December 1995;

7. Urges the Council, in particular, to enter an item on Burundi on the agenda for the Madrid European Council and implement the Global Action Plan established at Carcassonne as a matter of urgency;

8. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments of the Member States, the Government of Burundi and the UN and OAU Secretaries-General.
B4-1113 and 1150/95

Resolution on support for the Network of Cities of Asylum

The European Parliament,

A. recalling its positions in the struggle for freedom of expression and against racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, political and religious persecution and all forms of intolerance,

B. having regard to the initiative of the International Parliament of Writers to set up a Network of Cities of Asylum for threatened and persecuted writers, supported notably by the Council of Europe and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe,

C. having regard to resolution no 5 of the Plenary Assembly of the 11th Congress of the World Poets' Organization, meeting in Sintra on 29 March 1995,

D. having regard to the growth of new forms of intolerance throughout the world, directed, in particular, against the faculty of thought and freedom of creation and reflected in numerous attacks resulting in full-blown censorship,

The European Parliament,

1. Expresses its support for the initiative to set up a Network of Cities of Asylum in the European Union;

2. Believes that this support forms part of its support for human rights and its opposition to the recrudescence of intolerance in both old and new forms which threatens, often by violence, freedom of thought, creativity and expression;

3. Welcomes the decision already taken by such European cities as Almería, Amsterdam, Berlin, Helsinki, Strasbourg, Venice and Sintra to join the Network of Cities of Asylum;

4. Calls on European cities to subscribe to the commitments provided for by the Charter and join the Network of Cities of Asylum;

5. Calls on the Commission to take action to fund programmes and instructs its Committee on Budgets to ensure that measures are taken under the 1996 budget;

6. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Council, the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe and the International Parliament of Writers.
B4-1227/95

Resolution on the depletion of Surinam's tropical forests

The European Parliament,

A. noting the plans of the Government of Surinam to grant three concessions of 1 150 000 ha each to the Indonesian companies, Musa and Suri-Atlantic, and the Malaysian company Berjaya,

B. having regard to the report of the World Resources Institute entitled 'Backs to the wall in Surinam' with the sub-title 'Forest Policy in a Country in Crisis',

C. sharing the genuine anxiety which has led to offers of assistance from the World Resources Institute, the Inter-American Development Bank, the European Union, the United Nations Development Programme, Sweden, the Netherlands, the Netherlands Committee for IUCN and the Food and Agricultural Organization,

D. expressing its desire that the last tropical forests in this planet be preserved and that any exploitation should be carried out in a sustainable way,

E. understanding the wish of the Government of Surinam to use its natural resources to alleviate the difficult economic, social and political situation,

The European Parliament,

1. Requests the Government of Surinam to withdraw the proposed concessions for Musa, Berjaya and Suri-Atlantic;

2. Requests the Government of Surinam to accept the offers of the IDB, in particular its offer to set up an International Trust Fund to pay for the postponement of granting forest concessions and to use this time to build up an efficient infrastructure which guarantees that the exploitation of the forests of Surinam will be sustainable;

3. Requests the Government of Surinam to react positively to the large number of international offers to assist the country in establishing a sustainable forest policy;

4. Requests the Government of Surinam, once a sustainable forest policy is in place, to convene an international auction to which all credible forest companies can subscribe and thereafter to grant concessions to companies which have a reliable status in the area of sustainable forest exploitation;

5. Requests the Commission to participate in the International Trust Fund;

6. Calls on its colleagues in the National Assembly of Surinam not to grant the concessions to Musa, Berjaya and Suri-Atlantic and to encourage their government to endorse the demands contained in this action agenda;

7. Declares that the members of GLOBE will do everything in their power to assist Surinam in developing a truly sustainable forest policy;

8. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments of the Member States and the government of Surinam.
B4-1294/95

Resolution on the implementation of a single market for postal services

The European Parliament,

- having regard to Rule 37(2) of its Rules of Procedure,

- having regard to the Commission Green Paper on the development of the single market for Postal Services (COM(91)0476),

- having regard to its resolution thereon of 22 January 1993 ((OJ C 42, 15.2.1993, p. 240.)), in which it called on the Commission to draw up a package of proposals to establish a single market for postal services,

- having regard to its subsequent resolutions of 25 June 1993 ((OJ C 194, 19.7.1993, p. 397.)) on the single market for postal services and 29 October 1993 ((OJ C 315, 22.11.1993, p. 643.)) on postal services,

- having regard to its resolutions on the Legislative Programme,

- having regard to the 'code of conduct¨ agreed between the Commission and the European Parliament and adopted on 15 March 1995 ((OJ C 89, 10.4.1995, p. 69.)),

- having regard to the Commission proposal for a Directive on common rules for the development of Community postal services and the improvement of quality of service (COM(95)0227),

- having regard to the Draft Notice on the application of the competition rules to the Postal Services and in particular on the assessment of certain state measures relating to Postal Services,

A. whereas the Draft Notice ignores the Commission proposal for a Directive on common rules for the development of Community postal services,

B. whereas the Draft Notice applies Article 90(3) as legal basis to the postal services, whilst the Directive applies Article 100a,

1. Calls on the Commission to withdraw its Draft Notice on the application of the competition rules to the Postal Services and in particular on the assessment of certain state measures relating to Postal Services;

2. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions, the governments and parliaments of the Member States and the relevant trade unions.
B4-1130, 1131, 1139, 1154, 1166 and 1171/95

Resolution on the damage caused in the Antilles by hurricanes Luis and Marilyn

The European Parliament,

A. having regard to the violence of the hurricanes, accompanied by violent winds and heavy rain, which ravaged the islands of the Antilles, particularly St Barthélémy, St Martin, Guadeloupe and Martinique, in September 1995,

B. whereas the personal, social and economic damage is enormous, and much of the positive economic development which had been achieved on the islands has been undone,

C. whereas Hurricanes Luis and Marilyn caused a number of deaths, while several other people are unaccounted for and thousands are homeless,

D. having regard to the extent of the damage to coastal infrastructure, public buildings, homes and farms, particularly banana farms,

The European Parliament,

1. Expresses its sympathy with the people of the countries affected by the hurricanes;

2. Calls on the Commission to provide an ample sum in direct aid to the islands concerned during this difficult period;

3. Calls on the Commission to consider how the Community's Structural Funds could be used to restore infrastructure, homes and seriously damaged farms in order to remedy the disastrous results of the hurricanes which are so frequent in this region;

4. Calls on all providers of aid to provide their aid in such a way as to devote special attention to the situation of illegal workers, to ensure that they are treated humanely;

5. Calls on the Commission to inform it of the use made of the aid;

6. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Governments of the Member States, the ACP-EU Joint Assembly and the ACP-EU Council of Ministers.
B4-1405/95

Resolution on the devastation of the island of Luzon in the Philippines by Hurricane Angela

The European Parliament,

A. whereas on 3 November 1995 the island of Luzon in the Philippines was completely devastated by Hurricane Angela,

B. whereas several hundred persons have been killed or have disappeared and thousands have been injured,

C. whereas Hurricane Angela has destroyed over 300 000 houses in the region and over 250 000 people are homeless,

D. whereas a large number of bridges and roads have been destroyed by the hurricane, as have important agricultural and telecommunication infrastructures,

The European Parliament,

1. Extends its sympathy to the families of the victims and the Government of the Philippines;

2. Calls on the Commission, in view of the scale of the disaster, to provide significant emergency aid to those affected and to the Philippine authorities, so as to enable them to rebuild all the private and public property destroyed by the hurricane;

3. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission and to the Government of the Philippines.
B4-1013 and 1026/95

Resolution on the detention of Mr Harry Wu

The European Parliament,

A. whereas Harry Hongda Wu, a long-time political prisoner in China and now an American citizen, testified to Parliament's Human Rights Subcommittee in the context of the report underlying Parliament's resolution of 9 February 1994 on respect for human rights and the economic exploitation of prisoners and children worldwide ((OJ C 61, 28.2.1994, p. 106.)),

B. whereas Mr Wu travelled to China on a valid US passport with a valid Chinese visa and was detained by the Chinese authorities upon entering the country from Kazakhstan, as notified to the US Embassy in Beijing on 23 June 1995,

C. whereas Mr Wu was officially charged by the Chinese authorities on 8 July 1995 with espionage, buying secret information and stealing secret documents, and risks a life prison sentence,

D. whereas Mr Wu is a well-known human rights activist and critic of the Chinese penal system, better known under the name of Laogai, and was made an honorary citizen of the town of Bègles in France on 17 March 1995,

E. whereas the European Union in its relations with third countries lays great weight upon the principle of respect for human rights,

The European Parliament,

1. Condemns the arrest of Harry Wu and calls for his immediate and unconditional release;

2. Calls on the Commission and the Council to use their influence to ensure Mr Wu's safety and well-being and to secure his release;

3. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, Commission and the governments of the United States and the People's Republic of China.
B4-0144/96

Resolution on floods in the Hérault department (France)

The European Parliament,

A. having regard to the serious floods caused by torrential rain on 28 January 1996 in the Hérault department, especially in the Béziers area,

B. whereas four people, including two children, drowned and others are reported missing,

C. whereas the floods caused considerable damage to roads, railway lines, houses, large and small-sized businesses and agriculture,

D. whereas the floods' impact has been heightened by inadequate environmental management, in particular the increase in the impervious land area, drainage of marshlands and insufficient detention basins,

The European Parliament,

1. Expresses its sincere condolences to the families of victims and extends its sympathy to the communities hit by the floods;

2. Draws the Commission's attention to the scale of the damage and calls on it, as a sign of Community solidarity, to allocate emergency aid to people affected by the floods;

3. Calls on the Commission to provide structural policy funding for the necessary restoration and infrastructure work;

4. Considers that more effective measures should be taken to prevent such disasters and reduce risks, e.g. through reafforestation of mountain areas, protection of wetlands, an increase in the number of water detention basins and the limiting of impervious areas;

5. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the French Government.