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"Mr President, in the framework of its political dialogue with China, and more recently on the occasion of the 7th bilateral EU-China summit held in The Hague on 8 December 2004, the EU has constantly addressed the issue of the safeguard of the rights of minorities, especially as regards Tibet. It has, in particular, urged the Chinese authorities to preserve the cultural, religious and linguistic identity of the Tibetan people.
These issues have also been systematically dealt with in the context of the EU-China bilateral dialogue on human rights. During this dialogue, the EU has regularly brought to the attention of the Chinese authorities, at every session, and most recently in Beijing on 24 September 2004, the situation of individuals who have been sentenced for having expressed their opinion or their beliefs. The case of Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche is one such case.
At the beginning of 2004, the EU made an official démarche in Beijing to request information on his whereabouts and state of health, expressed the hope that the death sentence would not be upheld and asked for judicial review of the case. More recently, on 15 November, the EU Troika made a new ad hoc démarche in Beijing, during which the case of Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche was again highlighted.
The EU is fully committed to urging China not to carry out the sentence and is prepared to contribute, in this respect, to finding an acceptable solution to the case under examination. It takes the view that the application of the death penalty to Tenzin Deleg Rinpoche would send out a very negative signal and would have an adverse impact on relations with China. We have just learned that the Luxembourg presidency - and the Commission immediately contacted it - is currently preparing a démarche that would also associate the Commission. The démarche will be sent to China asking it not to administer the death penalty and to re-examine the case.
On a more general level, the EU has called for years, and will continue to call, as part of its overall policies vis-à-vis Tibet, for the establishment of a direct dialogue between the Dalai Lama and the Chinese authorities as the only realistic way of finding a lasting solution to the question of Tibet. In this context, we consider the recent third visit to China of the Dalai Lama’s special envoys to be an encouraging sign of progress.
In the dialogue with China, the EU has regularly expressed concern over the extensive use of the death penalty. While reaffirming our longstanding position in favour of abolition, we have continued to press hard for at least the introduction of a moratorium. We have also stressed the need to comply, in the fight against terrorism, with the basic principles governing international relations and safeguarding human rights."@en1
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