[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 13068-13069]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                        TAIWANESE AID TO KOSOVO

 Mr. ROCKEFELLER. Mr. President, last week, President Lee Teng-
hui of Taiwan announced that Taiwan would be giving $300 million in an 
aid package to the Kosovars. I want to rise today and pay tribute and 
thank the Government of the Republic of China on Taiwan for this very 
generous gift of economic assistance. This aid includes emergency 
support for food, shelters, and medical care which is so desperately 
needed to return a sense of normalcy to the Albanian Kosovars. Also 
included in the aid package is funds for job-training and 
rehabilitation programs to help promote the reconstruction of Kosovo in 
the long run.
  This is just another remarkable example of the thoughtfulness and 
generosity of the people in Taiwan and

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should serve as a model for the entire international community. I would 
like to ask my colleagues to join me in expressing our deep 
appreciation to President Lee and the people of Taiwan for this 
compassionate offer. Hopefully, this act will encourage other nations 
to aid in rebuilding the Balkans so that the people there can move past 
the horrible atrocities that have been committed over the past few 
months and begin rebuilding their lives and families in peace.

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