LA BIELORUSSIA DENUNCIA LE VIOLAZIONI DEI DIRITTI UMANI NEGLI USA
(source: Rick Rozoff, ANTINATO @...)
http://en.rian.ru/rian/
index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5072217&startrow=1&date=2004-11-
10&do_alert=0
Russian Information Agency (Novosti) - November 10, 2004
BELARUS SUBMITS TO UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DRAFT
RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE IN U.S.
Olesya Luchaninova
MINSK - Belarus has submitted to the UN General
Assembly a draft resolution on violation of the
principles of democracy and human rights in the U.S.,
RIA Novosti was told in the UN diplomatic mission in
Belarus.
By information of the mission's press service, the
draft resolution claims that "American authorities are
exercising strict control over mass media, are
carrying out arbitrary and secret detentions and
arrests which do not allow correspondence and
communication."
The document notes that "the election system in the
United States is not in accord with the obligations on
the International Pact on Civil and Political Rights."
It notes that the U.S. keeps violating international
standards, using the death penalty in regard to
persons below 18 years old and those with mental
illness.
The Belarussian draft, which, noted the UN mission,
has no co-authors [yet], raises the issue about the
prisoners who are now kept in custody at a camp at the
U.S. naval base in Guantanamo.
....
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=1444722&PageNum=0
Itar-Tass - November 11, 2004
Belarus criticizes USA for human rights violations
GENEVA - Belarus believes that the United States has
big problems with the observation of human rights,
including the meeting of commitments to the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe,
the republic's Foreign Minister Sergei Martynov told
Itar-Tass.
Martynov, on a visit to Geneva, explained the reasons
behind Belarus' submitting a resolution at the UN
General Assembly on human rights violation in the
United States thus: "firstly, we wish to show that
nobody has the monopoly on criticism, and secondly, we
wish to show with real facts that even the country
presenting itself as human rights record leader has
big problems, including OSCE commitments."
Belarus assumes that "no state, even the strongest,
should be exempt from international human rights
monitoring," the foreign minister said.
Martynov noted the obstacles which observers at the
recent presidential polls in the United States had to
face.
"It's the first time an observer mission went to the
United States to monitor the election. Two thirds of
the states don't let observers in at all," he noted.
Minsk is aware that it will be difficult to ensure
that the UN General Assembly adopts the resolution on
human rights violations in the USA. "The U.S.
influence and pressure on everybody in the world is
such that just a few countries are likely to dare to
vote for the resolution openly and honestly," the
minister said.
Sergei Martynov also criticized the United States and
the European Union for the illegitimate policy of
double standards with respect to Belarus.
> Da: "Coord. Naz. per la Jugoslavia"
> Data: Lun 8 Nov 2004 20:09:56 Europe/Rome
> Oggetto: [JUGOINFO] Visnjica broj 455
>
>
> LA BIELORUSSIA CONTESTA LA REGOLARITA' DELLE ELEZIONI USA
>
>
> MosNews (Russia) - November 4, 2004
>
> Belarus Doubts Legitimacy of U.S. Presidential Election
>
> The Belarus Foreign Ministry has expressed doubts
> about the transparency of the presidential elections
> in the U.S., Russian news agency Interfax reported on
> Thursday.
> According to reports from independent observers and
> media representatives, a number of violations were
> noticed in the course of preparations and during the
> elections, namely basic international obligations set
> by the 1990 Copenhagen Document of the OSCE, the press
> secretary of the Belarus Foreign Ministry said in a
> statement circulated on Thursday.
> In particular, the official noted that U.S. officials
> had not applied sufficient effort to get rid of the
> major shortcomings in the U.S. electoral system.
> “This is why we are not surprised by reports that a
> large number of absentee ballots send by post have
> been lost, that the computer systems crash, that the
> voters are being threatened, that some voters cannot
> find themselves on voting lists, that it is impossible
> to get information on regional elections commissions
> and places where the voting was held,” the release
> reads.
> Belarus observers and a number of observers
> representing NGOs have reported that the U.S.
> authorities had not ensured the free work of
> international observers and accreditation of such
> observers in some states turned out to be virtually
> impossible.
> The release also notes that in the states where the
> international observers had managed to get the
> accreditation, the local authorities restricted their
> rights by “unprecedented harsh demands”.
> The Belarus Foreign Ministry expressed its hope that
> the mission of international observers of the OSCE
> would cover the U.S. presidential elections
> “objectively and truthfully” and give its evaluation
> of the event.
>
> http://www.mosnews.com/news/2004/11/04/belaruscritic.shtml
>
>
> Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - November 5, 2004
>
> BELARUSIAN PRESIDENT CALLS U.S. ELECTION UNFAIR
>
> Alyaksandr Lukashenka [Alexander Lukashenko] said on 4
> November that this week's presidential election in the
> United States was held under standards that are
> unacceptable for Belarus, Belarusian media reported.
> "The presidential elections, according to their [U.S.]
> standards, are inadmissible for us," Belapan quoted
> Lukashenka as saying.
> "If we had staged an election like they did in the
> United States, we would have been crushed a long time
> ago."
> The same day the Belarusian Foreign Ministry issued a
> statement saying that the United States did not meet
> many international commitments regarding elections.
> "Therefore we are not surprised by many reports on the
> disappearance of a large number of ballots sent by
> mail, the malfunctions of the electronic voting
> system, intimidation of voters, the absence of voters
> on voter registers, the impossibility to freely obtain
> information from precinct and district commissions
> about the procedure and places of voting," the
> statement says.
> Minsk also charges that the U.S. authorities failed to
> ensure unhindered work by international election
> observers. "[These facts] cast doubt on the
> transparency and democracy of the U.S. elections," the
> statement concludes. JM
>
> http://www.rferl.org/newsline/3-cee.asp
>
>
> ( source: Rick Rozoff - ANTINATO @... )
>
>
(source: Rick Rozoff, ANTINATO @...)
http://en.rian.ru/rian/
index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5072217&startrow=1&date=2004-11-
10&do_alert=0
Russian Information Agency (Novosti) - November 10, 2004
BELARUS SUBMITS TO UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DRAFT
RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE IN U.S.
Olesya Luchaninova
MINSK - Belarus has submitted to the UN General
Assembly a draft resolution on violation of the
principles of democracy and human rights in the U.S.,
RIA Novosti was told in the UN diplomatic mission in
Belarus.
By information of the mission's press service, the
draft resolution claims that "American authorities are
exercising strict control over mass media, are
carrying out arbitrary and secret detentions and
arrests which do not allow correspondence and
communication."
The document notes that "the election system in the
United States is not in accord with the obligations on
the International Pact on Civil and Political Rights."
It notes that the U.S. keeps violating international
standards, using the death penalty in regard to
persons below 18 years old and those with mental
illness.
The Belarussian draft, which, noted the UN mission,
has no co-authors [yet], raises the issue about the
prisoners who are now kept in custody at a camp at the
U.S. naval base in Guantanamo.
....
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=1444722&PageNum=0
Itar-Tass - November 11, 2004
Belarus criticizes USA for human rights violations
GENEVA - Belarus believes that the United States has
big problems with the observation of human rights,
including the meeting of commitments to the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe,
the republic's Foreign Minister Sergei Martynov told
Itar-Tass.
Martynov, on a visit to Geneva, explained the reasons
behind Belarus' submitting a resolution at the UN
General Assembly on human rights violation in the
United States thus: "firstly, we wish to show that
nobody has the monopoly on criticism, and secondly, we
wish to show with real facts that even the country
presenting itself as human rights record leader has
big problems, including OSCE commitments."
Belarus assumes that "no state, even the strongest,
should be exempt from international human rights
monitoring," the foreign minister said.
Martynov noted the obstacles which observers at the
recent presidential polls in the United States had to
face.
"It's the first time an observer mission went to the
United States to monitor the election. Two thirds of
the states don't let observers in at all," he noted.
Minsk is aware that it will be difficult to ensure
that the UN General Assembly adopts the resolution on
human rights violations in the USA. "The U.S.
influence and pressure on everybody in the world is
such that just a few countries are likely to dare to
vote for the resolution openly and honestly," the
minister said.
Sergei Martynov also criticized the United States and
the European Union for the illegitimate policy of
double standards with respect to Belarus.
> Da: "Coord. Naz. per la Jugoslavia"
> Data: Lun 8 Nov 2004 20:09:56 Europe/Rome
> Oggetto: [JUGOINFO] Visnjica broj 455
>
>
> LA BIELORUSSIA CONTESTA LA REGOLARITA' DELLE ELEZIONI USA
>
>
> MosNews (Russia) - November 4, 2004
>
> Belarus Doubts Legitimacy of U.S. Presidential Election
>
> The Belarus Foreign Ministry has expressed doubts
> about the transparency of the presidential elections
> in the U.S., Russian news agency Interfax reported on
> Thursday.
> According to reports from independent observers and
> media representatives, a number of violations were
> noticed in the course of preparations and during the
> elections, namely basic international obligations set
> by the 1990 Copenhagen Document of the OSCE, the press
> secretary of the Belarus Foreign Ministry said in a
> statement circulated on Thursday.
> In particular, the official noted that U.S. officials
> had not applied sufficient effort to get rid of the
> major shortcomings in the U.S. electoral system.
> “This is why we are not surprised by reports that a
> large number of absentee ballots send by post have
> been lost, that the computer systems crash, that the
> voters are being threatened, that some voters cannot
> find themselves on voting lists, that it is impossible
> to get information on regional elections commissions
> and places where the voting was held,” the release
> reads.
> Belarus observers and a number of observers
> representing NGOs have reported that the U.S.
> authorities had not ensured the free work of
> international observers and accreditation of such
> observers in some states turned out to be virtually
> impossible.
> The release also notes that in the states where the
> international observers had managed to get the
> accreditation, the local authorities restricted their
> rights by “unprecedented harsh demands”.
> The Belarus Foreign Ministry expressed its hope that
> the mission of international observers of the OSCE
> would cover the U.S. presidential elections
> “objectively and truthfully” and give its evaluation
> of the event.
>
> http://www.mosnews.com/news/2004/11/04/belaruscritic.shtml
>
>
> Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - November 5, 2004
>
> BELARUSIAN PRESIDENT CALLS U.S. ELECTION UNFAIR
>
> Alyaksandr Lukashenka [Alexander Lukashenko] said on 4
> November that this week's presidential election in the
> United States was held under standards that are
> unacceptable for Belarus, Belarusian media reported.
> "The presidential elections, according to their [U.S.]
> standards, are inadmissible for us," Belapan quoted
> Lukashenka as saying.
> "If we had staged an election like they did in the
> United States, we would have been crushed a long time
> ago."
> The same day the Belarusian Foreign Ministry issued a
> statement saying that the United States did not meet
> many international commitments regarding elections.
> "Therefore we are not surprised by many reports on the
> disappearance of a large number of ballots sent by
> mail, the malfunctions of the electronic voting
> system, intimidation of voters, the absence of voters
> on voter registers, the impossibility to freely obtain
> information from precinct and district commissions
> about the procedure and places of voting," the
> statement says.
> Minsk also charges that the U.S. authorities failed to
> ensure unhindered work by international election
> observers. "[These facts] cast doubt on the
> transparency and democracy of the U.S. elections," the
> statement concludes. JM
>
> http://www.rferl.org/newsline/3-cee.asp
>
>
> ( source: Rick Rozoff - ANTINATO @... )
>
>