House Concurrent Resolution 471 calls upon the President to make known to the Soviet Union our Nations opposition to the discrimination against minority groups in Russia. The resolution urges the President to seek relief for those who do not have freedom of expression of ideas or the exercise of religious views. The resolution also urges the President to demand that the Soviet Government permit its citizens the right to emigrate to countries of their choice. a right which is affirmed by the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. The above positions are basic human rights and are not the province of any nation to repress. That -s why the resolution finally calls upon the State Department to raise in the General Assembly of the United Nations the issue of Soviet violation of the Declaration of Human Rights.
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