3.
Calls on the Chief Prosecutor of the Sichuan Provincial People's Procuratorate and the
Governor of the Sichuan Provincial People's Government to do their utmost to prevent the
execution of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche;
4.
Urges the authorities to guarantee that Tenzin Delek Rinpoche will not be ill-treated in
detention, asks for an immediate review of the case and calls on the Chinese authorities to
do all in their power to establish that international human rights and humanitarian law
standards are being respected and, in particular, to guarantee internationally recognised
legal proceedings for persons arrested;
5.
Calls on the European Union and its Member States to urge the Government of the
People’s Republic of China to respect the religious rights and freedom of the Tibetan
people, and in particular to prevent the execution of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche and to call
for a new and fair trial;
6.
Calls on the Commission and the Council to express their concerns about Tenzin Delek
Rinpoche's case during the forthcoming EU/China Summit;
7.
Calls on the Council and the Member States to maintain the EU embargo on trade in arms
with the People's Republic of China and not to weaken the existing national limitations on
such arms sales; considers that this embargo should be maintained until such time as the
EU has adopted a legally binding Code of Conduct on Arms Exports and the People's
Republic of China has taken concrete steps towards improving the human rights situation
in that country, inter alia by ratifying the UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and
by fully respecting the rights of minorities;
8.
Welcomes the release of Ngawang Sangdrol and Jigme Sangpo, Tibet's longest-serving
prisoners of conscience, and urges the Chinese authorities to continue with prisoner
releases;
9.
Calls on the Government of the People’s Republic of China to step up the ongoing
dialogue with the representatives of the Dalai Lama with the aim of reaching a mutually
acceptable solution to the issue of Tibet without further delay;
10.
Reiterates, in this respect, its call to the Council to appoint an EU Special Representative
for Tibetan Affairs so as to contribute effectively to the peaceful resolution of this issue;
11.
Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the UN
Secretary-General, the Chinese Government , the Governor of Sichuan Province and the
Chief Prosecutor of the Sichuan Provincal People's Procuratorate.