upošteva pobudo Komisije za povabilo Belorusije kot opazovalke na konferenco o evropski sosedski politiki, ki je potekala 3. septembra 2007; vendar je resno zaskrbljen zaradi pomanjkanja pozitivnega odziva vlade Belorusije na ponudbo za pogojno sodelovanje, ki jo je Komisija oblikovala v njenem zgoraj omenjenem delovnem dokumentu z dne 21. novembra 2006 ; obsoja nadaljevanje usmrtitev, ki se izvajajo v Belorusiji, edini državi v Evropi, ki še vedno uporablja smrtno kazen, ter ostale kršitve temeljnih človekovih pravic in svoboščin s strani beloruskih organov ter jih poziva, da izpustijo vse politične zapornike in prenehajo z vsakim zatiranjem demokratičnih sil in beloruskemu ljudstvu omogočijo prednosti svobode, demokracije in blaginje ter vseh možnosti, ki izhajajo iz tesnejšega povezovanja z EU; poudarja, da mora EU nujno zagotoviti bolj učinkovito podporo za civilno družbo, neodvisne medije in politične stranke, zavezane demokraciji, pravni državi ter spoštovanju splošnih človekovih pravic in temeljnih svoboščin; odločno poziva Belorusijo, naj uvede moratorij na smrtno kazen kot prvi korak k odpravi smrtne kazni ter naj ratificira drugi izbirni protokol k Mednarodnemu paktu o državljanskih in političnih pravicah ter Evropsko konvencijo o človekovih pravicah in temeljenjih svoboščinah in njene zadevne protokole; spodbuja Komisijo, naj učinkoviteje uporablja evropski instrument za demokracijo in človekove pravice in naj zagotovi, da beloruska vlada ne more uporabiti sredstev finančnega instrumenta EU proti državljanom Belorusije in civilni družbi;
Takes note of the initiative of the Commission to invite Belarus to attend as an observer at the ENP Conference held on 3 September 2007; is seriously concerned, however, by the lack of a positive response on the part of the government of Belarus to the conditional cooperation offer formulated by the Commission in its above-mentioned non-paper of 21 November 2006; condemns the continued executions carried out in Belarus, the only country in Europe still imposing the death penalty, and other violations by Belarusian authorities of fundamental human rights and freedoms, and calls upon them to release all political prisoners and to stop any oppression of democratic forces, in order to enable the Belarusian people to benefit from freedom, democracy and prosperity and from all the opportunities which stem from closer integration with the EU; underlines that the EU should urgently provide more effective support for civil society, free media and political parties committed to democracy, the rule of law and respect for universal human rights and fundamental freedoms; strongly urges Belarus to apply a moratorium on the death penalty as a first step towards the abolition of capital punishment, and to ratify the second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the European Convention for the protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and its relevant protocols; encourages the Commission to make more effective use of the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), and to ensure that the means provided by the EU financial instruments cannot be misused by the Belarusian government against Belarusian citizens and civil society;