[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 390 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 390

 Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding Taiwan's participation 
                         in the United Nations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 6, 2000

  Mr. Schaffer (for himself, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Brown of 
  Ohio, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Diaz-
   Balart, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. McNulty, Mr. 
   Doolittle, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Bliley, Mr. Payne, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. 
Hefley, Mr. Rogan, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Porter, Mr. Berman, 
Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Pallone, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Underwood, Mr. 
Bilirakis, Mr. Crane, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Gibbons, 
 Mr. Talent, Mr. Green of Texas, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Lantos, Ms. Berkley, 
 Mr. Goodling, Mr. Souder, Ms. Pelosi, Ms. DeGette, Mr. McInnis, Mrs. 
  Northup, Mr. Stark, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Cummings, Mr. 
 Armey, Mr. Oxley, and Mr. Rahall) submitted the following concurrent 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International 
                               Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding Taiwan's participation 
                         in the United Nations.

Whereas Taiwan has dramatically improved its record on human rights and 
        routinely holds free and fair elections in a multiparty system, as 
        evidenced most recently by Taiwan's second democratic presidential 
        election of March 18, 2000, in which Mr. Chen Shui-bian was elected as 
        president;
Whereas the 23,000,000 people on Taiwan are not represented in the United 
        Nations and their human rights as citizens of the world are therefore 
        severely abridged;
Whereas Taiwan has in recent years repeatedly expressed its strong desire to 
        participate in the United Nations;
Whereas Taiwan has much to contribute to the work and funding of the United 
        Nations;
Whereas the world community has reacted positively to Taiwan's desire for 
        international participation, as shown by Taiwan's membership in the 
        Asian Development Bank, Taiwan's admission to the Asia-Pacific Economic 
        Cooperation group as a full member, and Taiwan's accession as an 
        observer to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade;
Whereas the United States has supported Taiwan's participation in these bodies 
        and, in the Taiwan Policy Review of September 1994, declared an 
        intention of a stronger and more active policy of support for Taiwan's 
        participation in appropriate international organizations;
Whereas Public Law 106-137 required the Secretary of State to submit a report to 
        the Congress on administration efforts to support Taiwan's participation 
        in international organizations, in particular the World Health 
        Organization; and
Whereas in such report the Secretary of State failed to endorse Taiwanese 
        participation in international organizations and thereby did not follow 
        the spirit of the 1994 Taiwan Policy Review: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) Taiwan and its 23,000,000 people deserve appropriate 
        meaningful participation in the United Nations and other 
        international organizations such as the World Health 
        Organization; and
            (2) the United States should fulfill the commitment it made 
        in the 1994 Taiwan Policy Review to more actively support 
        Taiwan's membership in appropriate international organizations.
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