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PUBLIC LAW 100-82—AUG. 4, 1987 doms in their mutual relations" and that such States "will endeavor jointly and separately, including in cooperation with the United Nations, to promote universal and effective respect for them"; Whereas the Helsinki Accords also express the commitment of the participating States to "confirm the right of the individual to know and act upon his rights and duties in this field"; Whereas the Helsinki Accords also express the commitment of the participating States in the field of human rights and fundamental freedoms to "act in conformity with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights" and to "fulfill their obligations as set forth in the international declarations and agreements in this field, including inter alia the International Covenants on Human Rights, by which they may be bound"; Whereas the Helsinki Accords also express the commitment of the participating States to guarantee the right of the individual to leave his own country and return to such country; Whereas the Helsinki Accords also express the commitment of the participating States to "facilitate freer movement and contacts, individually and collectively, whether privately or officially, among persons, institutions and organizations of the participating States, and to contribute to the solution of the humanitarian problems that arise in that connection"; Whereas the Helsinki Accords also express the commitment of the participating States to "favorably consider applications for travel with the purpose of allowing persons to enter or leave their territory temporarily, and on a regular basis if desired, in order to visit members of their families"; Whereas the Helsinki Accords also express the commitment of the participating States to "deal in a positive and humanitarian spirit with the applications of persons who wish to be reunited with members of their family" and "to deal with applications in this field as expeditiously as possible"; Whereas the Helsinki Accords also express the commitment of the participating States to "examine favorably and on the basis of humanitarian considerations requests for exit or entry permits from persons who have decided to marry a citizen from another participating State"; Whereas the Helsinki Accords also express the commitment of the participating States to "facilitate wider travel by their citizens for personal or professional reasons"; Whereas the Governments of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Romania, in agreeing to the Helsinki Accords, have acknowledged an adherence to the principles of human rights and fundamental freedoms as embodied in the Helsinki Accords; Whereeis in varying degrees the aforementioned Governments consciously and systematically have violated their commitments to the Helsinki Accords by denying individuals their inherent rights to freedom of religion, thought, conscience, and belief; Whereas in varying degrees the aforementioned Governments consciously and systematically have violated their commitments to the Helsinki Accords by restricting the free movement of people, ideas, and information;

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