[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 123 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. CON. RES. 123

 Expressing the sense of Congress that the future of Taiwan should be 
 resolved peacefully, through a democratic mechanism, with the express 
    consent of the people of Taiwan and free from outside threats, 
                     intimidation, or interference.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 25, 2002

Mr. Torricelli submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of Congress that the future of Taiwan should be 
 resolved peacefully, through a democratic mechanism, with the express 
    consent of the people of Taiwan and free from outside threats, 
                     intimidation, or interference.

Whereas in the San Francisco Peace Treaty signed on September 8, 1951 (3 U. S. 
        T. 3169) (in this resolution referred to as the ``treaty''), Japan 
        renounced all right, title, and claim to Taiwan;
Whereas the signatories of the treaty left the status of Taiwan undetermined;
Whereas the universally accepted principle of self-determination is enshrined in 
        Article 1 of the United Nations Charter;
Whereas the United States is a signatory of the United Nations Charter;
Whereas the United States recognizes and supports that the right to self-
        determination exists as a fundamental right of all peoples, as set forth 
        in numerous United Nations instruments;
Whereas the people of Taiwan are committed to the principles of freedom, 
        justice, and democracy as evidenced by the March 18, 2000, election of 
        Mr. Chen Shui-bian as Taiwan's President;
Whereas the 1993 Montevideo Convention on Rights and Duties of States defines 
        the qualifications of a nation-state as a defined territory, a permanent 
        population, and a government capable of entering into relations with 
        other states;
Whereas on February 24, 2000, and March 8, 2000, President Clinton stated: ``We 
        will ... continue to make absolutely clear that the issues between 
        Beijing and Taiwan must be resolved peacefully and with the assent of 
        the people of Taiwan'';
Whereas both the 2000 Republican party platform and the Democratic party 
        platform emphasized and made clear the belief that the future of Taiwan 
        should be determined with the consent of the people of Taiwan; and
Whereas Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said in a Senate Foreign 
        Relations Committee hearing on March 16, 2001, that ``what has changed 
        is that any eventual agreement that is arrived at has to be acceptable 
        to the majority of the people on Taiwan'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the future of Taiwan should be resolved peacefully, 
        through a democratic mechanism such as a plebiscite and with 
        the express consent of the people of Taiwan; and
            (2) the future of Taiwan must be decided by the people of 
        Taiwan without outside threats, intimidation, or interference.
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