(c) That in spite of detailed recommendations by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and dialogue between the Government of Belarus and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe following previous elections, and despite calls from the General Assembly to adopt the recommendations of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe following the flawed presidential election of 2006, Belarus again failed to meet its commitments to hold free and fair elections during municipal elections in January 2007, including by using intimidation and the arbitrary application of registration standards to exclude opposition candidates, by severely restricting the access of registered candidates to voters and the mass media, through routine harassment, the detention and arrest of political and civil society activists, and the negative portrayal in the State media of opposition candidates and activists, including human rights defenders, and by preventing access by independent local observers to polling stations;
(c) 尽管欧洲安全与合作组织提出了详细建议，尽管白俄罗斯政府与欧洲安全与合作组织在以往的选举过后进行了对话，尽管大会在有缺陷的2006年总统选举过后呼吁采用欧洲安全与合作组织的建议，白俄罗斯还是在2007年1月市政选举期间再次违背了举行自由公平选举的承诺，包括使用恐吓手段及任意适用登记标准来排斥反对党候选人，严重限制已登记候选人接触选民和利用大众媒体，经常骚扰、拘留和逮捕政治活跃分子和民间社会活跃分子，在国家媒体上丑化反对党候选人和活跃分子，包括人权维护者，阻止独立地方观察员前往投票站；