Mr. Speaker. I wish to join in voicing my support for House Joint Resolution 373. which expresses the sense of Congress in respecting the rights of the citizens of the Government of the Soviet Union in practicing their religion and in honoring their rights to emigrate from the Soviet Union. 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. However. the Soviet Union has failed to live up to the language of these basic accords. The severe decrease in emigration by Soviet Jews is a great cause for alarm. as well as the crackdown on refuseniks and dissidents held captive in the U.S.S.R. The trials of Victor Brailovsky. Vladimir Kislik. and Kim FTidman exemplify the Soviet Governments denial of basic rights and its failure to honor its international agreements.
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