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PUBLIC LAW 100-377—AUG. 1, 1988
102 STAT. 885
human rights and fundamental freedoms as embodied in the Helsinki accords; Whereas, despite some limited improvements, the aforementioned Governments have failed to implement their obligations under Principle VII of the Helsinki accords to respect human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief; Whereas, despite some limited improvements, the aforementioned Governments have failed to implement their obligations under Basket III of the Helsinki accords to promote free movement of people, ideas and information; Whereas representatives from the signatory States are convened in Vienna to review implementation and address issues of compliance with the human rights and humanitarian provisions of the Helsinki accords: 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, 1988, the thirteenth 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 the 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 and humanitarian provisions of the Helsinki accords by raising, with the Governments of the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Romania, the issue of their noncompliance 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; (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 an essential means of promoting the full implementation of the human rights and humanitarian provisions of the Helsinki accords; (6) the President is requested to continue his efforts to achieve before the end of the Vienna meeting the release of all political prisoners of the Soviet Union, including Helsinki monitors, a significant increase in Soviet emigration, the resolution of all family reunification cases, the cessation of all radio transmission jamming, and the repeal of laws, procedures, and practices which undermine human rights; (7) the President is further requested to seek the inclusion, in any concluding document agreed to in Vienna, of a mechanism to assure that human rights progress is sustained following the conclusion of the Vienna meeting; and (8) the President is further requested to convey to signatory States the insistence of the United States for a balanced result
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