Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of House Concurrent Resolution 188. as amended. concerning freedom of emigration and movement for Syrian Jews. This resolution. which was considered by the Committee on Foreign Affairs this morning. expresses congressional condemnation of the continued denial to Syrian Jews of the right to freedom of emigration and movement. It calls upon the Syrian Government to immediately grant Syrian Jews the right to emigrate freely and to release those Syrian Jews who have been imprisoned for their attempts to exercise the right to freedom of emigration. The resolution further calls upon the President of the United States to seek a U.N. investigation on the present condition of Syrian Jewry and on the status of respect for internationally recognized human rights in Syria. It urges the President to seek allied support for these efforts.
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