Full Legislative History
Resolution Number: 1985-D068
Title: Urge Observance of the Helsinki Accords on Human Rights
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred As Substituted
Final Text:

Resolved, That this 68th General Convention of the Episcopal Church call on the Soviet bloc governments and on all other signatories to the Helsinki Accords to fulfill their human rights obligations under the Helsinki Accords; and be it further

Resolved, That this Convention call on the U.S. State Department and the foreign ministries of all signatories to the Helsinki Accords to continue to link their nations' future cooperation in economic, science, and technology transfer activities to improvements in human rights practices; and be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of this Convention communicate this resolution to the U.S. State Department and the foreign ministries of all the Helsinki signatories.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Anaheim, 1985 (New York: General Convention, 1986), p. 264.