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S.J.Res. 51 (98th)

A joint resolution designating May 21, 1983, as "Andrei Sakharov Day".

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3 March 1983

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Became Public Law No: 98-30.

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Summary

Designates May 21, 1983, as National Andrei Sakharov Day. Authorizes and requests the President to: (1) call upon all nations to designate May 21, 1983, as National Andrei Sakharov Day; (2) urge the Soviet Union to permit the Sakharovs to freely choose their place of residence; and (3) direct the American delegation to the United Nations to introduce a resolution in the General Assembly calling upon that body to designate May 21, 1983, as International Andrei Sakharov Day.

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