European Parliament
European Parliament Resolution on Human Rights in China and Tibet (April, 1996) [p.311]
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
STRASBOURG, April 18 1996
RESOLUTION
The European Parliament,
- having regard to the 52nd session of the United Nations Commission on human rights,
A. recalling the Vienna declaration and the United Nations Action Plan reaffirming the requirement that all Member States should promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms and respect the undertakings given in international conventions,
B. whereas the human rights situation in the People's Republic of China, particularly in occupied Tibet, is still very serious, as highlighted in the reports by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch Asia, and whereas the situation in occupied Tibet is growing worse,
C. welcoming the decision by the European Union to submit a resolution on human rights violations in the People's Republic of China and Tibet,
D. having regard to its previous resolutions on the human rights situation in China and Tibet,
1. Calls on the Member States of the European Union to use all the diplomatic means available to them, while making a determined effort to gain support from other members of the UN Human Rights Commission, in order to ensure that a resolution on the human rights situation in China and Tibet is approved by the UN Human Rights Commission and that it takes account of previous resolutions adopted by the European Parliament;
2. Calls on the Member States of the Union to work in cooperation with the United States of America in presenting and supporting the resolution;
3. Calls on the Council to inform Parliament and its Committee on Foreign Affairs on the strategy followed and the results obtained by the Union at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights;
4. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments of the Member States and the member countries of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights and the Tibetan Government in exile.