EU-China diplomatic ties with an agreement on a new strategic dialogue; whereas the question of human rights was one of the key issues placed on the agenda, H. whereas the embargo on arms sales to China which was decided and implemented in 1989, following the Tiananmen Square Massacre and the continued violation of human rights and religious freedom, is still in force, 1. Is deeply concerned about the state of health of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche; 2. Calls on the responsible authorities to take all possible steps to improve the living conditions and state of health of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche; 3. Demands that the Chinese Government allow Manfred Nowak, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, during his inspection visit to China from 21 November to 2 December 2005, to visit Tenzin Delek Rinpoche and report on his state of health; 4. Reiterates its support for the rule of law, and appreciates the commutation of the death sentence handed down to Tenzin Delek Rinpoche; 5. Urges the Chinese Government, none the less, to cancel all sentences against Tenzin Delek Rinpoche and to release him immediately; 6. Affirms its call for the abolition of the death penalty and an immediate moratorium on capital punishment in China; 7. Regrets the lack of concrete results as regards the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue, and calls once more on the Government of the People’s Republic of China to improve the inhuman conditions of imprisonment in their jails, to cease and abolish torture of detainees, to stop the continued violation of the human rights of the Tibetan people and other minorities, and to ensure that it respects international standards of human rights and humanitarian law; 8. 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; 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 so as to reach a mutually acceptable solution to the Tibet issue without further delay; 10. 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 Provincial People’s Procuratorate.