12/02/2003 (Agence Europe) - In a letter to Pascal Lamy, the General Secretaries of the ETUC, ICFTU and the WCL have condemned the "breach of trade union rights and more particularly, the freedom of association in Byelorussia". The are demanding an enquiry and if needs be, the application of proceedings that would allow for the temporary preferential tariff system for the country during the period of 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2004 to be withdrawn.