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The Senate
- in an effort to develop friendly and non-confrontational
relationships with People's Republic of China
- in the awareness of the fact that the fully-qualified and
significant position of People's Republic of China in the UN and
other international organisations implies not only rights but
also duties to observe universally acknowledged norms
- believing that human rights and freedoms are universal and that
their abuse anywhere in the world extends beyond the borders of
individual countries
- in the awareness that People's Republic of China constantly
abuses human rights and that the Chinese authorities continue to
arrest and torture Chinese and Tibetan political opponents
- bearing in mind the autonomy of the people of Tibet, their
culture, language and religion and the need to preserve them
- in the spirit of the resolution on human rights in China and
Tibet passed by the European Parliament and the parliaments of
many other countries
- in consideration of the fact that People's Republic of China
signed the international agreement on economic, social and
cultural rights in October 1997 and in the hope that People's
Republic of China will adopt a positive attitude to the
international agreement on human and political rights and that it
will lead to a constructive dialogue on these issues
Appeals to the Government of People's Republic of China to
- release immediately all political prisoners and prisoners of
conscience in China and Tibet and observe its commitments arising
from international norms in the areas of human and civic rights
open negotiations with the Dalai Lama on the current situation
in Tibet and on forms of its autonomy
- enable the free and safe return of exiled Tibetan people back
to their country
- stop the policies aimed at the suppression of the Tibetan
people, especially the mass transfers of population into Tibet
and appeals to the Czech government to
- demand the release of political prisoners and prisoners of
conscience in People's Republic of China and the respecting of
internationally recognised principles concerning human rights, in
bilateral negotiations with representatives of People's Republic
of China and in international negotiations.
The Senate of the Czech Republic authorises all of its
representatives to actively defend human rights in China and
Tibet during all international negotiations.
Prague, 20 March 1998
No. 45/1998 from the 2nd session, 20 March 1998
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20.03.1998
zdroj: TIBINFO (www.tibinfo.cz) ]
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