Mr. Speaker. the Soviet Union made a pledge to work to reunify divided families. Soviet law provides that a first degree relative must live abroad in order to extend an invitation to emigrate. Olga is a first degree relative and the family is most anxious to be reunited. When the Helsinki Agreement was signed in 1975. the Soviets agreed to help reunify families. Mr. Speaker. I am deeply concerned that significant violations of human rights still continue in the Soviet Union despite the positive signs of "glasnost." It is.my sincere hope that leaders of the Soviet Union will come to realize the importance of the observance of human rightsand in particular the rights of the Gilbo family to emigrate in order to be reunited with their daughter.
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