68th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--1995 Regular Session

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                 Senate Concurrent Resolution 11

Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ELECTIONS


                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Urges that Republic of China on Taiwan be allowed full
membership in United Nations.

                      CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
  Whereas China has been a divided nation since 1949, and the
Republic of China on Taiwan and the People's Republic of China on
the Chinese mainland have exercised exclusive jurisdiction over
separate parts of China; and
  Whereas the United Nations' General Assembly Resolution 2758
adopted in 1971 does not constitute a complete solution to the
issue of China's seat in the United Nations; and
  Whereas the Republic of China on Taiwan acknowledges that two
equal and distinct political entities exist within the divided
China; and
  Whereas the Republic of China on Taiwan is currently the 14th
largest trading nation in the world, its annual per capita income
exceeds $10,000, its foreign exchange reserves exceed $80 billion
and it has become the seventh largest outbound investor in the
world; and
  Whereas 21 million people on Taiwan enjoy a democratic form of
government and the policies of the Republic of China on Taiwan
conform to those of other democratic nations; and
  Whereas the Republic of China on Taiwan has joined other
nations in responding to international disasters and crises, has
undertaken programs of assistance for less developed nations and
has in other ways accepted regional and global responsibilities;
and
  Whereas the Republic of China on Taiwan has joined several
important multilateral organizations in recent years, including
the Asia/Pacific Economic Cooperation and the Asian Development
Bank, and its admission into these organizations has been
supported by the United States; and
  Whereas a consensus has emerged in the Republic of China on
Taiwan that it should participate in the United Nations, and the
Republic of China on Taiwan has launched a campaign to pursue a
seat in the United Nations without prejudice to the current
position of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations;
and
  Whereas membership of the Republic of China on Taiwan in the
United Nations conforms to the United Nations' principle of
universality and would contribute to the peace and stability of
the Pacific region and, therefore, to the interests of the United
States; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
  Oregon:
  That we, the members of the Sixty-eighth Legislative Assembly,
urge that the Republic of China on Taiwan be allowed full
membership in the United Nations; and be it further
  Resolved, That copies of this resolution shall be sent to the
Honorable Bill Clinton, President of the United States; the
Honorable Al Gore, Jr., Vice President of the United States and
President of the United States Senate; the Honorable Boutros
Boutros-Ghali, Secretary-General of the United Nations; the
Honorable Madeleine Albright, United States Ambassador to the
United Nations; the Honorable Strom Thurmond, President Pro
Tempore of the United States Senate; the Honorable Newt Gingrich,
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives; and to
each member of the Oregon Congressional Delegation.
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