Bill Text: IL HR0888 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Affirms the Illinois House of Representatives' support for the participation of Taiwan in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to increase Taiwan's international space and contribution to the global community.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-05-05 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller [HR0888 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR0888-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | 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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8 | 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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11 | 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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19 | 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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1 | 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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4 | 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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10 | 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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17 | 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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1 | 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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