Bill Text: IN SR0023 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Affirming support for increasing Taiwan's international space participation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-02-28 - First reading: adopted voice vote [SR0023 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2011-SR0023-Introduced.html
A SENATE RESOLUTION affirming support for increasing
Taiwan's international space and participation in and
contribution to the global community.
, read first time and referred to Committee on
MADAM PRESIDENT:
I offer the following resolution and move its adoption:
A SENATE RESOLUTION affirming support for
increasing Taiwan's international space and participation in and
contribution to the global community.
Whereas, The Republic of China (Taiwan) has achieved
economic and social stability, and in the last two decades has
been lauded as a beacon of democracy for Asia, has
dramatically improved its record on human rights, and has
taken great steps forward to enter the world arena as a
trusted partner;
Whereas, Indiana has a strong cultural and economic
relationship with Taiwan, since establishing sister-state
relations with Taiwan on November 6, 1979;
Whereas, Taiwan's absence from international
organizations has impeded Taiwan's ability to respond to
natural disasters like Typhoon Morakot, which struck Taiwan
in the summer of 2009;
Whereas, The Taiwanese government is grateful for the assistance and condolences of the international community
in the wake of Typhoon Morakot in 2009, as dozens of
international organizations and nations stepped up to help,
including the United States, which supplied military
equipment for rescue and recovery operations, the European
Union, Japan, and the Chinese mainland;
Whereas, Aviation safety has become a major global
concern since 2001, and Taiwan is a key air transport hub in
the Asia-Pacific region, with over 1.35 million flights passing
through the Taipei Flight Information Region, and has the
world's 15th largest airport by cargo volume, Taoyuan
International Airport; and
Whereas, The Taiwanese government has undertaken a
policy of "flexible diplomacy" in its international relations,
and a pragmatic approach to China, having completed a
number of cross-strait liberalization measures, including
regular, direct passenger flights between mainland China
and Taiwan, and other goodwill measures, resulting in
reciprocal gestures and rapprochement between Taipei and
Beijing: Therefore,
SECTION 1. The Indiana Senate affirms its support for the
participation of Taiwan in the International Civil Aviation Organization
to increase Taiwan's international space and contribution to the global
community, and supports Taiwan in its efforts to be recognized by
international organizations.
SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed to
transmit a copy of this Resolution to Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State
of the United States; Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer of the
UNFCCC; Secretary General Raymond Benjamin of the ICAO; and the
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Chicago, Illinois.
