1. Special Envoy for Belarus (a) Special envoy The President shall appoint a Special Envoy for Belarus within the Department of State (referred to in this section as the Special Envoy ). (b) Qualifications The Special Envoy— (1) should be a person of recognized distinction in the field of European security, geopolitics, democracy, and human rights; and (2) may be a career foreign service officer. (c) Central objective The central objective of the Special Envoy is to coordinate and promote efforts— (1) to improve respect for the fundamental human rights of the people of Belarus; (2) to sustain focus on the national security implications, for the United States, of Belarus’s political and military alignment; and (3) to respond to the political, economic, and security impacts of events in Belarus on neighboring countries and the wider region. (d) Duties and responsibilities The Special Envoy shall— (1) engage in discussions with Belarusian officials regarding human rights and political, economic, and security issues in Belarus; (2) support international efforts to promote human rights and political freedoms in Belarus, including coordination and dialogue between the United States and the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the European Union, Belarus, and the other countries in Eastern Europe; (3) consult with nongovernmental organizations that have attempted to address human rights and political and economic instability in Belarus; (4) make recommendations regarding the funding of activities promoting human rights, democracy, the rule of law, and the development of a market economy in Belarus; (5) review strategies for improving protection of human rights in Belarus, including technical training and exchange programs