[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 142 (Tuesday, October 4, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: October 4, 1994]
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                TAIWAN'S BIRTHDAY AND THE UNITED NATIONS

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                        HON. ROBERT E. WISE, JR.

                            of west virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, October 4, 1994

  Mr. WISE. Mr. Speaker, happy Birthday to the Republic of China on 
Taiwan. May the ROC rejoin the United Nations in the near future.
  One of our largest trading partners is the Republic of China on 
Taiwan, which has one of the world's strongest economies and the 
largest foreign exchange reserves, valued at approximately $92 billion. 
Ironically, Taiwan, a truly democratic nation and a world economic 
power, is excluded from the United Nation.
  Economically, Taiwan has a great deal to contribute to the world 
body. Taiwan could easily pay the assessed dues and help defray some of 
the U.N. expenditures in Somalia, Bosnia, Haiti, and other places in 
need of U.N. peacekeeping and/or humanitarian efforts.
  I was happy to see that last month friendly nations submitted a 
proposal to establish an ad hoc committee, for the second year in a 
row, in the U.N. General Assembly to discuss Taiwan's lack of 
representation in the United Nations. This year, 12 nations forwarded 
the proposal to the General Assembly with three other nations as 
cosigners. Seven nations spoke on behalf of the ROC during a 90-minute 
discussion by the U.N. General Assembly. It seems apparent to me that 
more and more nations are sympathetic to the Republic of China's 
campaign to re-enter the United Nations. I hope to see more member 
nations discuss the issue of inviting the ROC back to the United 
Nations next September.
  The Republic of China has many of the qualifications necessary to be 
a member of the United Nations, and given the opportunity, I believe 
that it would contribute a lot to the future success of the United 
Nations.
  One of the active advocates for the Republic of China's campaign to 
re-enter the United Nations was the former Ambassador Mou-shih Ding of 
the former Coordination Council for North American Affairs. During his 
tenure in Washington, Ambassador Ding actively articulated his 
country's case for returning to the United Nations. Ambassador Ding's 
successor, Ambassador Benjamin Lu will most certainly continue to build 
on the achievements of his predecessor to secure the support of the 
Congress and the Clinton administration in the ROC's bid for the return 
to the United Nations.

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