Bulgaria was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...

Bulgaria was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61). Speaking during the 55th Commission on Human Rights, Bulgaria agreed with the conclusion in the Secretary-General's Report that executions did not provide for less violent societies but tended further to brutalize and escalate social conflicts. It was alarming that the death penalty continued to be imposed in some countries in circumstances that violated the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. He urged all States parties to the Covenant to accede to its Second Optional Protocol and all countries that still maintained the death penalty to impose it only for the most serious crimes. The Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions transmitted an allegation regarding the violation of the right to life on May 27, 1998, on behalf of Petar Robert Karandzha. The Government replied promptly and this is indicative of its commitment to cooperate with the Special Rapporteur (E/CN.4/1999/Add.1). Bulgaria was also a cosponsor of the resolution for a moratorium on executions presented by the European Union at the 54th UN General Assembly (A/C.3/54/L.8/Rev.1).