Statement by Permanent Representative of the Republic of Belarus to the OSCE 1 March 2012

 PC.DEL/159/12
2 March 2012
 
ENGLISH
Original: RUSSIAN

Delegation of Belarus

STATEMENT BY MR. VALERY VORONETSKY,
PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS
TO THE OSCE, AT THE MEETING OF THE
OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL

1 March 2012

In response to the statements by the European Union, the United States of America and Norway

Permanent Delegation of Norway to the OSCE: Statement on Belarus

PC.DEL/144/12 
1 March 2012 
   
ENGLISH only

Permanent Delegation of Norway to the OSCE
STATEMENT ON BELARUS
As delivered by Ambassador Robert Kvile 
to the Permanent Council, Vienna
1 March, 2012

United States Mission to the OSCE Statement on the Human Rights Situation in Belarus March 1, 2012

As delivered by Ambassador Ian Kelly
to the Permanent Council, Vienna
March 1, 2012

The United States remains deeply concerned about serious violations of human rights, fundamental freedoms and rule of law in Belarus.

Statement on the Final Human Rights Assessment of the Events of 19 December 2010 in Minsk, Belarus

United States Mission to the OSCE
Statement on the Final Human
Rights Assessment of the Events of
19 December 2010 in Minsk, Belarus
As prepared for delivery by Ambassador Ian Kelly
to the Permanent Council, Vienna
February 9, 2012

Bialiatski should be set free, says OSCE Chairperson

DUBLIN, 24 January 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Irish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore, expressed regret today that prominent Belarusian human rights defender Aliaksandr (Ales) Bialiatski was not freed on appeal.

ODIHR Report on Trial Monitoring in Belarus (March-July 2011)

OSCE/ODIHR Report on Trial Monitoring in Belarus (March-July 2011). Warsaw, 10 November 2011
http://www.osce.org/odihr/84873

 

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OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Resolution “Belarus”, Belgrade, 6-10 July 2011

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Resolution “Belarus”, Belgrade, 6-10 July 2011

Original Source: http://oscepa.org/publications/all-documents/doc_download/681-belgrade-r...

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OSCE Rapporteur’s Report on Belarus (the Moscow Mechanism Report)

Professor Emmanuel Decaux, OSCE Rapporteur’s Report on Belarus (the Moscow Mechanism Report), Vienna, 28 May 2011.

Original Sourse: http://www.osce.org/odihr/78705

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News of Belarus

President welcomes the release of Ales Bialiatski

Today, Ales Bialiatski, a prominent Belarusian human rights defender who became the first laureate of the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize in 2013, was released from prison after spending almost three years behind bars.

Commission Starts Negotiations of Visa Facilitation and Readmission Agreements with Belarus

Commission DG for Home Affairs, Stefano Manservisi and Belarus Deputy Foreign Minister Alena Kupchyna met in Brussels to launch the negotiations on Visa Facilitation and Readmission Agreements between the EU and Belarus. Since 2011 the Commission has been regularly reminding of its readiness to launch the negotiations.

The negotiations will focus on agreements to facilitate the procedures for issuing short-stay visas as well as the readmission of irregular migrants between the European Union and Belarus.

Political prisoner Ales Bialiatski could walk free

The political prisoner can be “pardoned” if “it is proved the damage he caused with the tax fraud has been repaid.”