Constant attention to this issue. and the continual raising of this issue in meetings with Soviet officials. demonstrates our commitment to an improvement of the situation for Soviet Jews and other minorities there who are denied their basic rights. I am pleased to announce that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today unanimously passed a resolution. House Joint Resolution 279. which expresses the great concern of Congress regarding the reduction of emigration from the Soviet Union. The resolution calls on the President to urge Soviet compliance with the Helsinki accords and the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights at the General Assembly of the U.N. and at all other appropriate international meetings.
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