,,iii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #bci  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #bf1 
#bjba,mr4 ,menendez 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,risch7 submitted the following    
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,relations       
,,resolution  ,recognizing the #ajjth   
anniversary of the birth of ,dr4 ,andrei
 ,dmitrievich ,sakharov4  ,whereas #bjba
 marks the #ajjth anniversary of the    
birth of ,dr4 ,andrei ,dmitrievich      
,sakharov 7referred to in this preamble 
as ,dr4 ,sakharov71 who was born on ,may
 #ba1 #aiba2 ,whereas1 although the work
 of ,dr4 ,sakharov as a nuclear         
physicist earned him international      
respect and renown1 his great genius and
 gift to history was to give voice to a 
global yearning for human rights and    
fundamental freedoms2 ,whereas1 in      
#aifh1 in an act of great courage and   
conscience1 ,dr4 ,sakharov published his
 treatise1 ,thoughts ,on ,progress1     
,peaceful ,coexistence1 ,and            

,intellectual ,freedom1 in which he--   
7#a7 offered a comprehensive vision for 
peace and progress2  7#b7 broke with the
 ,soviet establishment over human       
rights2 and  7#c7 opened himself up to  
years of official and state-sponsored   
retaliation2 ,whereas1 in #aigj1 ,dr4   
,sakharov helped found the ,committee on
 ,human ,rights in the ,union of ,soviet
 ,socialist ,republics 7referred to in  
this preamble as the ,,ussr71 which     
documented human rights abuses in the   
,,ussr2 ,whereas the advocacy of ,dr4   
,sakharov for human rights at home and  
abroad was grounded in1 and emerged     
from1 his work for peace and against    
nuclear weapons proliferation2 ,whereas1
 in his #aige ,nobel ,prize acceptance  
speech1 delivered by his wife ,yelena   
,bonner because the ,,ussr had barred   
him from attending the ceremony1 ,dr4   
,sakharov expressed his hope in a final 
victory of the principles of peace and  
human rights and the liberation of all  
prisoners of conscience everywhere2     

,whereas the ,nobel ,peace ,prize       
,committee called ,dr4 ,sakharov the    
spokesman for the conscience of mankind2
 ,whereas the ,government of the ,,ussr 
exiled ,dr4 ,sakharov and ,yelena       
,bonner to the closed city of ,gorky    
7now ,nizhny ,novgorod1 ,russia7 in     
retaliation for the advocacy of ,dr4    
,sakharov against the ,,ussr invasion of
 ,afghanistan1 which he later called a  
war of annihilation1 a terrible sin2    
,whereas ,president ,reagan proclaimed  
,may #ba1 #aihc1 as ,national ,andrei   
,sakharov ,day1 an occasion for the     
people of the ,united ,states to        
reaffirm that1 despite attempts at      
repression1 the ideals of peace and     
freedom will endure and ultimately      
triumph2 ,whereas ,mikhail ,gorbachev   
released ,dr4 ,sakharov and ,yelena     
,bonner from exile in ,december #aihf1  
one of the most significant steps in    
implementing a loosening of political   
controls under perestroika and glasnost2
 ,whereas1 in #aihi1 ,dr4 ,sakharov     

became a deputy of the ,congress of     
,people ,deputies1 the first legislative
 body in the ,,ussr that permitted      
debate1 which used the moral authority  
of ,dr4 ,sakharov to try to democratize 
,soviet political processes1 including  
an end to #a-party rule2 ,whereas the   
courageous efforts of ,dr4 ,sakharov    
against totalitarian repression in the  
,,ussr inspired political reforms that  
swept ,europe throughout #aihi2         
,whereas1 on his death in #aihi1 the    
,white ,house noted that the voice of   
,dr4 ,sakharov was an important         
dimension in the contemporary changes   
under way in ,soviet society1 changes   
that would culminate #b years later in  
the collapse of the ,,ussr and ,soviet  
,communism2 and ,whereas the work ,dr4  
,sakharov began remains unfinished1     
which is evidenced by the ,may #ah1     
#bjba1 cancellation by authorities of   
the ,moscow ,sakharov ,center's exhibit 
marking the centenary of the life of    
,dr4 ,sakharov3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  

,that the ,senate-- 7#a7 recognizes the 
historical significance of the          
contributions made by ,dr4 ,andrei      
,dmitrievich ,sakharov 7referred to in  
this resolution as ,dr4 ,sakharov7 in   
the promotion of human dignity and      
political freedom in his own country and
 around the world2  7#b7 recognizes that
 the example set by ,dr4 ,sakharov has  
inspired millions around the world      
working to promote democratic           
principles2 and  7#c7 expresses support 
for democracy and human rights activists
 around the world1 especially in        
,russia1 who embody the principles and  
values practiced by ,dr4 ,sakharov4