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 100 STAT. 508

PUBLIC LAW 99-329—MAY 28, 1986

Whereas 1986 marks the forty-sixth anniversary of the United States continued policy of nonrecognition of the illegal forcible occupation of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia by the U.S.S.R.: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That— (1) the Congress recognizes the continuing desire and the right of the people of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia for freedom and independence from the domination of the U.S.S.R.; (2) the Congress deplores the refusal of the U.S.S.R. to recog^ nize the sovereignty of the Baltic Republics and to yield to their rightful demands for independence from foreign domination and oppression; (3) the Congress reaffirms the indictment against the U.S.S.R. of the Copenhagen Manifesto signed by the Baltic Tribunal on July 26, 1985, by Doctor Theodor Veiter, Reverend Michael Bourdeaux, Sir James Fawcett, Per Ahlmark, and Jean Marie Daillet; (4) the fourteenth day of June 1986, the anniversary of the mass deportation of Baltic peoples from their homelands in 1941, be designated "Baltic Freedom Day" as a symbol of the solidarity of the American people with the aspirations of the enslaved Baltic people; and (5) the President of the United States be authorized and requested to issue a proclamation for the observance of Baltic Freedom Day with appropriate ceremonies and activities and to submit the issue of the Baltic Republics to the United Nations so that the issue of Baltic self-determination will be brought to the attention of the United Nations General Assembly. Approved May 28, 1986.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S.J. Res. 271: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 132 (1986): Feb. 27, considered and passed Senate. May 15, considered and passed House.

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