Tuesday, June 25, 1985
3:00am
124 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20002
United StatesTitle
THE OTTAWA HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS MEETING AND THE FUTURE OF THE HELSINKI PROCESS
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Members:
Name:
Hon. Alfonse D'Amato
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Chairman
Body:
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Name:
Hon. Steny Hoyer
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Co-Chairman
Body:
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Name:
Hon. Malcolm Wallop
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Commissioner
Body:
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Name:
Hon. Gordon Humphrey
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Commissioner
Body:
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Name:
Hon. Dennis DeConcini
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Commissioner
Body:
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Name:
Hon. John Porter
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Commissioner
Body:
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Name:
Hon. Thomas Lantos
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Commissioner
Body:
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Name:
Hon. Sander Levin
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Commissioner
Body:
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Staff:
Name:
Michael Hathaway
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Staff Director
Body:
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Name:
Mary Sue Hafner
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General Counsel
Body:
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
The commissioners gave testimony on the importance of the 35-nation conference which addressed "respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief," The discussion centered on inconsistencies between the rhetoric of the United States on the subject of human rights and its actions. The focus of human rights covered the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and also Afghanistan. In response to human rights violations- recognizing the framework provided by the Helsinki accords- the witnesses discussed constructive measures to concentrate on human rights violations that could be corrected with relative ease and without effecting systemic change within the Soviet Union or the other states in the Soviet sphere.
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