A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress concerning the persecution of Christians in Eastern Europe and in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Summary

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should continue to express to the U.S.S.R. and Eastern European countries the opposition of the United States to the harassment of Christians; (2) the U.S.S.R. and Eastern European countries should comply with their commitments under the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, and the Madrid Concluding Document; and (3) the U.S.S.R. and Eastern European countries should cease persecuting Christians and should afford them their fundamental human rights of religious expression.

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Timeline

1. 10 April 1987

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 10 April 1987

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 10 April 1987

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Sponsors

• Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] · R · Sponsor
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