I will introduce an amendment that will discuss what we might do to enhance the activities of our embassies with reference to advocacy on the issue of religious persecution. In Austria and in Greece. United States embassies have succeeded in easing restrictions on religious practices. I. for one. have witnessed and talked with embassy officials in each of those countries and seen the evidence of their work. The State Departments human rights reports now devote more attention to religious freedom. Procedures for reviewing asylum cases have been modified to increase sensitivity to religious persecution. In January. the Secretary of State established a new assistant secretarylevel coordinator position for issues relating to religious persecution. In essence. that is what this legislation is trying to do at. yet. another level.
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