EU wants to keep special rapporteur for Belarus

"The European Union is satsified that all the topical mandates and most of the country mandates of the fromer Human Rights Commission have been preserved". ”At the same time, the European Union would like to preserve the mandates of special rapporteurs for Belarus and Cuba where the situation has caused concern for a long period of time," the European Union said in a statement posted on the official web site of the EU Presidency now held by Germany.

On June 12 during the hearing or a report on the situation with human rights in Belarus, presented by UN Special Rapporteur Adrian Severin, Germany supported the preservation of the mandate on behalf of the European Union, according to Belapan.