The European Parliament,

A. having regard to its resolution on Haiti of 10 October

1991, condemning the military coup d'état and calling for

a return to legality,

B. appalled by the continuing repression and intimidation of

the people, the violation of human rights and the reign of

terror imposed by the coup leaders and the military and

paramilitary groups, and that the neo-Duvalierists and the

Tontons Macoutes are again occupying key positions in both

the city and the countryside;

C. whereas various international organizations, in particular

the Organization of American States (OAS) and the European

Community, have called for the restoration of

constitutional democracy in Haiti,

D. whereas it is primarily the poorest people who are

suffering the social and economic consequences of the

political deadlock in the country,

E. deeply shocked by the US authorities' forced repatriation

of 10 500 Haitians who had taken refuge at the US military

base at Guantanamo (Cuba) and considering as unjust and

inhuman the decision to hand over the refugees to suffer

repression at the hands of the coup leaders without

thoroughly verifying the reasons which prompted them to

leave their country,

F. whereas the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and numerous

international humanitarian organizations have severely

criticized the US authorities' decision,

G. whereas Haiti has signed the Lomé Convention; whereas, in

view of the current situation, the European Community and

most international institutions are restricting their

cooperation with Haiti to humanitarian aid,

H. concerned that the embargo is being constantly undermined

by consignments of oil to Port-au-Prince,

1. Reiterates its solidarity with the people of Haiti in their

struggle for democracy and the restoration of

constitutional rule;

2. Condemns the violation of human rights, the executions by

the military and the policy of intimidation and terror

inflicted by the army and paramilitary groups on the

population, especially on social movements and grass-roots

organizations;

3. Urges the Community and the Member States to support the

initiatives taken by the United Nations and the OAS with

a view to restoring democracy, to ensure that the

international sanctions imposed on the current regime are

enforced, to use every possible means to ensure that the

leaders of the coup and those in power understand that

normal relations with them are completely out of the

question, and calls on the Member States to take steps to

prevent oil transiting through European ports;

4. Calls on the United States to grant the Haitian boat people

the right of first asylum until a legal and democratic

government has been restored in Haiti and thus to suspend

immediately the forced repatriations;

5. Urges the Community and its Member States to make every

effort to provide direct humanitarian aid to the people

through NGOs;

6. Calls on the Community and the Member States to step up

their efforts to promote a national dialogue between all

the democratic political parties, popular movements, trade

unions and churches in Haiti with a view to restoring

democracy and legality and respect for human rights and

calls for the implementation, within the framework of this

national dialogue, of a cooperation programme commensurate

with the economic and social needs of the Haitian people,

which could come into operation as soon as democracy is

restored;

7. Calls on the Community and its Member States to examine

with the UNHCR the possibility of an international

conference to consider the overall problem of refugees and

stresses the duty of the rich countries to provide

practical aid to refugees;

8. Endorses the suspension of structural cooperation under

Lomé IV and considers that at present there are not

sufficient grounds for adopting any measures pursuant to

Article 367 of the Convention;

9. Reiterates its wish for President Aristide to take part in

the ACP-EEC Joint Assembly in Santo Domingo;

10. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the

Commission, Council, EPC, the Secretary-General of the

United Nations, the Secretary-General of the OAS, the

UNHCR, the Co-Presidents of the ACP-EEC Joint Assembly,

President Aristide and the Government of the United States.