2.1 reiterate the position of principle
that states enjoying observer status shall respect fundamental human
rights and shall not apply the death penalty;
2.2 intensify its political dialogue with Japan and the United
States, to urge both countries to finally place an immediate moratorium
on executions, to abolish the death penalty as soon as possible,
and to present to the Assembly by the end of 2008 a detailed account
of its contacts with these countries;
2.3 present an annual report to the Assembly on the involvement
of observer states in all aspects of the Council of Europe’s work;
2.4 consider amending Statutory Resolution (93) 26 on observer
status for any future applications for this status in such a way
that specific standards, formal commitments and a monitoring process,
to be elaborated by the Parliamentary Assembly and the Committee
of Ministers of the Council of Europe, would be foreseen;
2.5 explore, with existing observer states, their readiness
to subscribe voluntarily to any changes made to the statutory resolution;
2.6 consider introducing new designations, without altering
in any way the status of the existing observer states, in order
to distinguish between:
2.6.1 observer
states which either obtained this status prior to any formal arrangements
or were granted observer status under Statutory Resolution (93)
26; and
2.6.2 states which could be granted a status following a possible
revision of Statutory Resolution (93) 26, as recommended in paragraph
2.4. above;
2.7 delay granting observer status to any more states until
all the issues raised in this recommendation have been addressed.
