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A joint resolution to designate August 1, 1987, as "Helsinki Human Rights Day".

Introduced: May 18, 1987 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 28, 1987
See S.J.Res.151.
Jun 1, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.
Jun 1, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
May 21, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Census and Population.
May 18, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
May 18, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
May 18, 1987
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Designates August 1, 1987, as Helsinki Human Rights Day. Requests the President to: (1) reassert American commitment to the Helsinki Accords; (2) raise the issue of noncompliance with such Accords with the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Romania; (3) convey to all signatories of such Accords that respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms is vital to progress in the ongoing Helsinki process; (4) convey to U.S. allies the necessity of unity regarding such Accords; (5) continue his efforts to achieve the release of political prisoners of the Soviet Union, increase in Soviet emigration, resolution of family reunification cases, and cessation of radio transmission jamming; (6) seek the inclusion, in any concluding document agreed to in Vienna, of a mechanism to sustain human rights progress after the Vienna Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe; and (7) convey to signatory states the desire of the United States for a result at Vienna that will not favor military security at the expense of human rights.

What's happening now July 28, 1987

See S.J.Res.151.

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