Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 102 Part 1.djvu/491

 PUBLIC LAW 100-305—MAY 2, 1988

102 STAT. 453

ing to the Kremlin to end its prohibition of the Ukrainian Catholic Church: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Human rights. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Congress of the United States deplores the Soviet Government's active persecution of religious believers in Ukraine, as well as the forcible liquidation of the Ukrainian Orthodox and Ukrainian Catholic Churches. SEC. 2. On the occasion of the Millennium of Christianity in Kievan Rus', the Congress of the United States— (1) discourages official participation by the Government of the United States in ceremonies of the Millennium in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, so long as individuals remain harassed and imprisoned for their religious beliefs, are denied access to religious literature and the opportunity to receive religious instruction, and the Ukrainian Catholic and Ukrainian Orthodox Churches remain outlawed; (2) sends its greetings to the Ukrainian people as they mark this solemn event in the history of the Ukrainian nation; (3) voices its concern for those Ukrainian religious believers who are persecuted for attempting to exercise their rights to religious worship; (4) urges the President of the United States, the Secretary of State, the United States delegation to the United Nations, the United States Delegation to the Vienna Review Meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe to continue to speak out forcefully against violations of religious liberty throughout the Soviet Union and specifically in Ukraine during this anniversary year; (5) calls upon the Soviet Government to abide by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights, and the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, and release all those imprisoned for their religious beliefs; and (6) urges, in observance of the Christian Millennium, the Soviet Government to legalize the Ukrainian Orthodox and Ukrainian Catholic Churches. Approved May 2, 1988.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S.J. Res. 235: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 134 (1988): Mar. 4, considered and passed Senate. Apr. 19, considered and passed House.

�