The EU resolution against Belarus is another attempt of shameless interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign state

On 8 July 2022, during its 50th session, the Human Rights Council adopted another politicised draft resolution on the situation of human rights in Belarus, which was initiated by the EU and its partners.

This initiative was put to a vote, and, as a result, was not supported by more than half of the Council members, thus demonstrating their disagreement with the assessments and approaches of the Western countries towards Belarus.

The Permanent Representative of the Republic of Belarus to the UN Office in Geneva, Larysa Belskaya, characterized the EU resolution as shameless interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign state.

The Belarusian diplomat stated that the provisions of the resolution are aimed at silencing and distorting the real situation in Belarus and the state policy to promote various categories of human rights. In contrast, the resolution promotes and encourages all practices and structures that purposefully work to discredit the state, including marginal groups of the so-called opposition operating in the EU countries, which are supported by their Western sponsors.

The representative of Belarus criticized the Western countries for violating the rights of Belarusians and citizens of other countries through their illegal sanctions policy and the destruction of inter-state contacts.
She stated that the Government of Belarus does not recognise the mandate of the special rapporteur, who acts exclusively in line with the interests of the EU and the US and their vision of the development of the Belarusian state.

L.Belskaya stressed that the Belarusian state rests upon the support of the majority of the people. That is why the 2020 colour revolution has failed in Belarus and it was not possible to undermine social and economic stability by introducing “sanctions packages” in 2021 and 2022, to destabilize the situation by a systematic disinformation campaign against the Belarusian leadership and sanctions pressure on my country against the backdrop of the conflict in Ukraine.

She noted that this is why the biased resolutions initiated by Western states, which do not want to respect the differences between our countries and acknowledge Belarus’ independent choice of its own development path, do not work.

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