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 100 STAT. 802

PUBLIC LAW 9 9 - 3 7 4 - A U G. 6, 1986

Whereas these meetings, which were attended by representatives from all the signatory States, presented important opportunities to address issues of compliance with the human rights and humanitarian provisions of the Helsinki Accords; and Whereas in November 1986 representatives from the signatory States will be meeting in Vienna to review implementation of the Helsinki Accords, including the human rights and humanitarian provisions: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That— (1) August 1, 1986, the eleventh anniversary of the signing of the Helsinki Accords is designated as "Helsinki Human Rights Day"; (2) the President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation reasserting the American commitment to full implementation of the human rights and humanitarian provisions of the Helsinki Accords, urging all signatory nations to abide by their obligations under the Helsinki Accords, and encouraging the people of the United States to join the President and Congress in observance of Helsinki Human Rights Day with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities; (3) the President is further requested to continue his efforts to achieve full implementation of the human rights provisions of the Helsinki Accords by raising the issue of noncompliance with the Governments of the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Romania at every available opportunity; (4) the President is further requested to convey to all signatories of the Helsinki Accords that respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms is a vital element of further progress in the ongoing Helsinki process; and (5) the President is authorized to convey to allies and friends of the United States that unity on the question of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms is the most effective means to promote the full implementation of the human rights and humanitarian provisions of the Helsinki Accords. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Senate is directed to transmit copies of this joint resolution to the President, the Secretary of State, and the Ambassadors of the thirty-four Helsinki signatory nations. Approved August 6, 1986.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S.J. Res. 371: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 132 (1986): July 23, considered and passed Senate. July 31, considered and passed House.

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