Full Text of HR0888 96th General Assembly
HR0888 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Republic of China (Taiwan) has achieved | 3 |
| economic and social stability; in the last 2 decades, Taiwan | 4 |
| has been lauded as a beacon of democracy for Asia, has | 5 |
| dramatically improved its record on human rights, and has taken | 6 |
| great steps forward to enter the world arena as a trusted | 7 |
| partner; and
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| WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has a strong cultural and | 9 |
| economic relationship with Taiwan since the establishment of | 10 |
| sister-state relations with Taiwan on August 27, 1992; and
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| WHEREAS, Taiwan's absence from international organizations | 12 |
| dealing with climate change has impeded Taiwan's ability to | 13 |
| respond to natural disasters like Typhoon Morakot, which struck | 14 |
| Taiwan in the summer of 2009 during an unusually bad typhoon | 15 |
| season in the Pacific that was possibly exacerbated by climate | 16 |
| change; in addition, the global initiative to tackle climate | 17 |
| change has been impaired by the lack of participation (observer | 18 |
| status) of Taiwan, the world's 17th-largest economy; and
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| WHEREAS, The government of Taiwan has expressed its | 20 |
| gratitude for the assistance and condolences of the | 21 |
| international community in the wake of Typhoon Morakot in 2009, | 22 |
| as dozens of international organizations and nations stepped up |
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| to help, including the United States, which supplied military | 2 |
| equipment for rescue and recovery operations, the European | 3 |
| Union, Japan, and the Chinese mainland; and
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| WHEREAS, Aviation safety has become a major global concern | 5 |
| since 2001; Taiwan is a key air transport hub in the | 6 |
| Asia-Pacific region, with over 1.35 million flights passing | 7 |
| through the Taipei Flight Information Region, and has the | 8 |
| world's 15th-largest airport by cargo volume, Taoyuan | 9 |
| International Airport; and
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| WHEREAS, The government of Taiwan has undertaken a policy | 11 |
| of "flexible diplomacy" in its international relations and a | 12 |
| pragmatic approach to China, having completed a number of | 13 |
| cross-strait liberalization measures, including regular, | 14 |
| direct passenger flights between mainland China and Taiwan and | 15 |
| other goodwill measures, resulting in reciprocal gestures and | 16 |
| rapprochement between Taipei and Beijing; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 |
| affirm our support for the participation of Taiwan in the | 20 |
| United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) | 21 |
| and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to | 22 |
| increase Taiwan's international space and contribution to the | 23 |
| global community; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, UNFCCC | 3 |
| Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer, ICAO Secretary General Raymond | 4 |
| Benjamin, and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in | 5 |
| Chicago.
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