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Copenhagen Meeting on the Human Dimension

Members

Hon. Dennis DeConcini

Chairman

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

Hon. Steny Hoyer

Co-Chairman

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

Hon. Frank Lautenberg

Commissioner

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

Hon. Alfonse Amato

Commissioner

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

Hon. Frank Wolf

Commissioner

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

Hon. Richard Schifter

Commissioner

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

Witnesses

Amb. Max Kampelman

Head

U.S. Delegation to Copenhagen Meeting

Prof. Thomas Buergethal

Public Member

U.S. Delegation to Copenhagen Meeting

Prof. Hurst Hannum

Public Member

U.S. Delegation to Copenhagen Meeting

This Hearing was convened by Chairman Dennis DeConcini and Co-Chairman Steny H. Hoyer to address the Human Dimension of the of the Helsinki Final Act. In attendance were Ambassador Max Kampelmann, Head of the U.S. Delegation to the Copenhagen CSCE Conference on the Human Dimension, Prof. Thomas Buergenthal, public member of the U.S. Delegation, and Prof. Hurst Hannum, public member of the U.S. Delegation.

Those in attendence discussed the state of human rights in the OSCE region and various humanitarian causes that should be emphasized in the coming sessions.

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