Belarus at the Crossroads
Thursday, March 9, 2000, 5:00 am
Witnesses
Harold Honjuh Koh
Secretary for Democracy
Human Rights and Labor
Ross Wilson
Principal Deputy tot he AMbassador at Large/Special Advisor
Secretary of State for New Independent States
Semyon Sharetsky
Speaker
Supreme Soviet of the Republic of Belarus
Stanislav Shushkevich
Member/Corresponding Member
Supreme Soviet/Belarus National Academy of Sciences
Anatoly Lebedka
Chair/Deputy Chair
Commission for International Affair of the 13th Supreme Soviet/United Civil Party
Adrian Severin
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly/Working Group on Belarus
Spencer Oliver
Secretary General
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
The hearing will examine Belarus' track record with respect to human rights and democracy. Recent elections have severely damaged the democratic development of Belarus as Alyaksandr Lukashenka remains in power, well beyond the legal term limit.
The hearing will look at the processes the United States and the OSCE set in place to enable Belarus towards a more democratic regime.
Relevant Countries
Leadership