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IV 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. CON. RES. 250 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 8, 2007 Mr. Garrett of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. Goode, Mr. Akin, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Pence, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Mack, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Burgess, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Tancredo, and Mr. Chabot) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Supporting Taiwan’s membership in appropriate international organizations such as the United Nations.

Whereas Taiwan has dramatically improved its record on human rights and routinely holds fair and free elections in a multiparty system, as evidenced by Taiwan’s second democratic presidential election in 2000 and 2004 in which Mr. Chen Shui-bian was elected as President; Whereas the 23,000,000 people in 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 of Tariffs and Trade; and Whereas the United States has supported Taiwan’s participation in international organizations including the World Health Organization: Now, therefore, be it

That it is the sense of the Congress that— (1)Taiwan and its 23,000,000 people deserve membership in the United Nations; 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.