Urges the President to raise the issue of the political rights of the Baltic peoples in all diplomatic contacts with the Soviet Union, particularly the talks between Secretary of State Baker and Soviet Foreign Minister Shevardnaze scheduled for September 1989, and to call upon the Soviet Union to: (1) honor international agreements and the bilateral agreements it has entered into with Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania; (2) allow the people of Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania their right of self-determination; (3) recognize the human rights of all peoples within the Soviet Union and under Soviet influence; and (4) replace the policy of aggressive industrialization in the Baltic states with one of environmental responsibility.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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