I am pleased to be a cosponsor of Senate Joint Resolution 15. designating May 7. 1985. as "Helsinki Human Rights Day." It is appropriate that this day should be so designated. for it also marks the convening in Ottawa of the CSCE Human Rights Experts Meeting. This meeting is intended to provide an opportunity for discussions regarding respect in individual states for human rights and fundamental freedoms. in all their aspects. as embodied in the Helsinki Final Act. The record of compliance by the Soviet Union in the important area of emigration rights has been disappointing. Of particular concern to me has been the frustrated efforts of many Soviet citizens to obtain permission to leave the Soviet Union in order to be reunited with their families living outside of the country. I was made painfully aware of the anguish of divided families during my 1983 visit to the Soviet Union. One of the most moving experiences of that trip was my visit with Mrs. Tamara Tretyakova Levin who. with her young son Mark. has been seeking permission from the Soviet Government to emigrate to the United States to Join her husband. Simon Levin. The case of Mrs.
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