; Whereas in the days and weeks that followed, a grassroots movement of Belarusians has demonstrated against the official electoral results and demanded new elections; Whereas demonstrators have included people from all parts of Belarusian society, including men, women, and children, students and workers, the young and the old, and police officers who quit their service in the wake of the protests; Whereas women have played a critical role in the protest movement in Belarus as demonstrators rallied behind 3 key female opposition leaders and women have gathered and marched together across the country; Whereas across the Republic of Belarus, workers from state-owned companies and factories have gone on strike in solidarity with the demonstrators; Whereas, on August 23, 2020, it is estimated that nearly 200,000 protestors gathered in Minsk, making it the largest protest in Belarusian history; Whereas the constitution of Belarus provides that the people of Belarus recognize themselves as a full-fledged subject of the international community and believe in their inalienable right to self-determination ; and Whereas daily peaceful protests continue across the country as demonstrators can be heard chanting the lyrics of the demonstrators’ unofficial campaign song: Our hearts are longing for changes; Our eyes are longing for changes; It’s in our laugh and in our tears; And it’s pulsing through our veins; Changes, we are longing for changes. : Now, therefore, be it