CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—DEC. 16, 1981
95 STAT. 1783
Whereas Andrei Sakharov and his wife, Yelena Bonner, recently ended a 17-day hunger strike after the Government of the Soviet Union decided to sdlow Yelizaveta Alekseyeva to join her husband, Alexey Semyonov, in the United States; and Whereas Andrei Sdkharov's internal exile is a clear and flagrant violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring). That it is the sense of the Congress that in accordance with the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics should release Andrei Sakharov from internal exile immediately and should allow him and his wife, Yelena Bonner, to freely choose their place of residence. SEC. 2. The Congress, commending the President for his past efforts in behalf of the Sakharovs, urges the President, acting directly or through the Secretary of State— (1) to protest, in the strongest possible terms and at the highest levels of government, the continued internal exile of Andrei Sakharov, (2) to call upon all other signatory nations of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe to join in such protests, and (3) to inform the Government of the Soviet Union, that the Government of the United States, in evaluating its relations with other countries, will take into account the extent to which such countries honor their commitments under international law, including commitments with respect to the protection of human rights. SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Senate shall transmit a copy of this concurrent resolution to the President with the request that he further transmit such copy to the Ambassador of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics to the United States. Agreed to December 16, 1981.
MARTIN L U THE R KING, JR., COMMEMORATION O F BIRTH—STRUCTURES A N D EQUIPMENT ON CAPITOL GROUNDS Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That, in accordance with such conditions as the Architect of the Capitol may impose, a phot(^aphic platform, two media towers, a telephone bank, sound amplification devices, a speakers platform, and related structures and equipment may be erected under the auspices of the Stevie Wonder-Martin Luther King Memorial Committee at the west front of the Capitol in connection with a rally to be held on Januan^ 15, 1982, in commemoration of the birth of Doctor Martin Luther King, Junior. Agreed to December 16, 1981.
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D^C. I6, I98I [H. Con. Res. 231]
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