The purpose of the Madrid Conference is to seek a means to finding a lasting world peace and a renewal to the commitment by all nations to respect the basic human rights of all people. While the United States has strictly observed its commitments to the 1975 Helsinki accords. the Soviets have stepped up their campaign against anyone who seeks the rights guaranteed to them at Helsinki. With their invasion of sovereign Afghanistan. the Soviets have broken all 10 principles of the Helsinki accords. The Soviets have demonstrated their blatant disregard for human rights by leveling villages. destroying crops. and using poison gases. In addition. today 2 million Afghans live in refugee