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U. S. House Concurrent Resolution 416, As Unanimously Passed on June 21, 1965.

U. S. House Concurrent Resolution 416, As Unanimously Passed on June 21, 1965.

Whereas the subjection of peoples to alien subjugation, domination, and exploitation constitutes a denial of fundamental human rights, is contrary to the Charter of the United Nations, and is an impediment to the promotion of world peace and co-operation; and

Whereas all peoples have the right to self-determination; by virtue of that right they Freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social, cultural, and religious development; and

Whereas the Baltic peoples of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have been Forcibly deprived of these rights by the Government of the Soviet Union; and

Whereas the Government of the Soviet Union, through a program of deportations and resettlement of peoples, continues in its effort to change the ethnic character of the populations of the Baltic States; and

Whereas it has been the firm and consistent policy of the Government of the United States to support the aspirations of Baltic peoples for self-determination and national independence; and

Whereas there exist many historical, cultural, and family ties between the peoples of the Baltic States and the American people; Be it

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the House of Representatives of the United States urge the President of the United States-

(a) to direct the attention of world opinion at the United Nations and at other appropriate international forums and by such means as he deems appropriate, to the denial of the rights of self-determination for the peoples of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and

(b) to bring the force of world opinion to bear on behalf of the restoration of these rights to the Baltic peoples.

Source:
Congressional Record Vol. 111, June 21, 1965. cit� dans American Latvian Association in The United States, "Lettonie, en com-m�moration du 50�me anniversaire de la D�claration d'Ind�pendance de la R�publique de Lettonie" , Washington D.C., 1968, p.71