Mr. Speaker. it was with a great deal of pride that I joined 275 of my colleagues in the House of Representatives and 76 in the Senate in cosponsoring the Freedom of Emigration Act of 1973. H.R. 3917. It is my strong conviction that this vital legislation is necessitated by actions in the Soviet Union which are an affront to the human dignity and freedom of those within the Soviet Union who wish solely to exercise the universally recognized right to emigrate freely. As modem nations have matured. the right to emigrate has been among the basic tenets of their civility. It Is clearly affirmed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the United Nations that has been ratified by the United States and the Soviet Union. The Soviet constitution further pays homage to this vital human right. even though in practice its implementation has been considerably diminished.
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