Accordingly. House Concurrent Resolution 63 reaffirms the sense of Congress that there be compliance of the Helsinki Final Act. the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. and other human rights agreements. To this end. the Soviet authorities are urged to cease the harassment and detention of civilians who have committed no crime other than the expression of their desire to emigrate to Israel. Over the years. our Government has conveyed its feelings on this important human rights matter to the Soviet Union. Although for a period of time some progress was made in the form of increased emigration from the Soviet Union. in recent years we have seen these figures plummet to new lowsonly 90 emigres last month. Congress has stated that human rights considerations are a vital element of U.S. foreign policy. as evidenced by section 502B(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and section 402 of the Trade Act of 1974. yet we are in constant witness of the failure of the Soviet Union to act in a positive manner. Our Postal Committees yearlong investigation into the Soviet Unions disruption of mail intended for its own citizens has yielded thousands of letters that were returned without a satisfactory explanation.
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