The concurrent resolution. and the preamble. as amended. are as follows: S. CoN. REs. 5 Whereas the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights guarantee to all the right to freedom of thought. conscience. and religion. the right to hold opinions without interference. the right to freedom of expression. and the right to emigrate. Whereas the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe commits the signatory countries to respect individual rights and fundamental freedoms. in particular to "deal in a positive and humanitarian spirit" with the applications of persons wishing to emigrate to rejoin relatives. Whereas the Soviet Union signed the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. is a party to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. and has ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Whereas Viktor Brailovsky was dismissed from his position as a doctor of computer science at the Institute of Electronic Control Machines in 1972 as a result of requesting permission to emigrate. Whereas Viktor Bralovsky has been continually harassed by Soviet authorities for the past eight years. Whereas Soviet officials have searched Viktor Brailovskys home and confiscated invaluable scientific papers and Jewish cultural materials. Whereas Viktor Brailovsky organized the Moscow Seminar for Jewish Scientists and published the unofficial Jewish journal. Jews in the U.S.S.R.. for which he was arrested and kept under investigation in April of 1980. Whereas Viktor Brailovsky bravely led a group of over two hundred and thirty other Soviet Jewish refusniks in an appeal to President Leonid Brezhnev for free emigration of Soviet Jews on the eve of the Madrid Conference in November 1980. Whereas Viktor Brailovsky was arrested and imprisoned in connection with this activity and his other efforts to encourage free emigration. Whereas Viktor Brailovsky was in ill health when arrested and has not been receiving proper medical treatment for a serious liver ailment while in prison. Whereas Soviet authorities have commenced questioning and investigation of Viktor Brailovsky and have extended the period of investigation for two months due to his serious condition. and Whereas Viktor Brailovsky is in need of immediate and adequate medical attention: Now. therefore. be it Resolved by the Senate (the House o Representatives concurring). That it is the sense of the Congress that the President. acting directly or through the Secretary of State. should(1) continue to express at every suitable opportunity and in the strongest terms the opposition of the United States Government to the imprisonment and treatment of Doctor Viktor Brallovsky. (2) urge the Government of the Soviet Union to(A) release Doctor Brailovsky from prison and provide him with proper medical care. and (B) permit Doctor Brailovsky and his family to emigrate to Israel to join his brother and his family. in accordance with the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation In Europe. the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. and (3) inform the Government of the Soviet Union that the Government of the United States. in evaluating its relations with other countries. will take into account the extent to which such countries honor their commitments under international law. especially commitments with respect to the protection of human rights. SEc. 2. The Secretary of the Senate shall transmit a copy of this concurrent resolution to the President with the request that he further transmit such copy to the Ambassador of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to the United States. Amend the title so as to read: "Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Soviet Union should provide proper medical care for Vlktor Brallovsky and permit him and his family to emigrate to Israel. urging the President to protest the continued suppression of human rights in the Soviet Union and for other purposes.". The title was amended so as to read: "Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Soviet Union should provide proper medical care for Viktor Brailovsky and permit him and his family to emigrate to Israel. urging the President to protest the continued suppression of human rights in the Soviet Union and for other purposes.".
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