[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 139 (Thursday, September 29, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: September 29, 1994]
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              APPRECIATION TO REPRESENTATIVE MOU-SHIH DING

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                            HON. TIM JOHNSON

                            of south dakota

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 29, 1994

  Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bid 
farewell to a distinguished public servant from the Republic of China 
on Taiwan, the Honorable Mou-shih Ding, and to offer congratulations on 
his recent promotion to the post of Secretary General of the National 
Security Council in Taipei. Representative Ding has spent the last 6 
years at the Coordination Council for North American Affairs 
effectively dealing with all aspects of U.S./RoC relations. From the 
executive to the legislative branches of our government, Mr. Ding has 
represented his country in a most honorable and praiseworthy manner.
  Many of us in Congress have had the pleasure of working with 
Representative Ding, not only during his tenure in the United States, 
but also earlier when he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He 
has been an important leader in the impressive economic, social and 
political transformation that has occurred in the Republic of China on 
Taiwan.
  We are approaching October 10, which is widely observed as National 
Day, commemorating the date in 1911 when the Republic of China was 
founded by Sun Yat-sen as the first republic in Asia. On this 
anniversary, it is appropriate to note that U.S./RoC relations over the 
past several years have taken many positive, cooperative steps--a 
continuation of the sincere friendship and respect that have long 
existed between the people of our two nations. And on the world stage, 
the increasing impact and influence of the Republic of China on Taiwan 
is obvious.
  Yet, there is a matter that remains unresolved. As one of the world's 
leading economic powers, the Republic of China on Taiwan deserves a 
seat in the United Nations. I encourage my colleagues to support this 
initiative, which would have a positive effect on the U.N. and its 
various international organizations. It is a goal that many of us share 
with the people of the Republic of China on Taiwan and with the man who 
has represented them with distinction in Washington for the past 6 
years, Representative Mou-shih Ding.

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