[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 7, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H1123]
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     PACIFIC ISLAND COUNTRIES CALL FOR RUSSIA TO END WAR IN UKRAINE

  (Mrs. RADEWAGEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. RADEWAGEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to the five 
Pacific Island countries in Micronesia that, at their summit in 
February, called for Russia to end its war against Ukraine.
  Following their summit, these countries--Marshall Islands, Palau, 
Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, and Nauru--joined a U.N. 
General Assembly resolution demanding that Russia immediately and 
unconditionally withdraw all of its military forces from Ukraine.
  Mr. Speaker, last September, I addressed the Pacific Islands 
Conference of Leaders--the heads of all Pacific governments, 
independent and territorial alike. At that gathering, I urged the 
leaders to resist any overtures by China until China also demands 
Russia stop its war with Ukraine: ``Before you even think about 
negotiating any agreements with Beijing, you should be asking China to 
live up to international standards on climate change.''
  I concluded by asking them to use their ``international leverage and 
prestige to tell China not to support Russia in any way in its unjust 
war in Ukraine.''
  Job well done by America's friends in the Pacific. ``Farewell and may 
you be well,'' ``Soifua ma ia e manuia.''

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