Calendar No. 696

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. RES. 270

RESOLUTION

To express the sense of the Senate concerning

United States relations with Taiwan.

SEPTEMBER 29 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 12), 1994

Reported without amendment
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Calendar No. 696

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. RES. 270

To express the sense of the Senate concerning United States relations with

Taiwan.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 29 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 12), 1994

Mr. MURKOWSKI (for himself, Mr. ROBB, Mr. BROWN, Mr. PELL, Mr. HELMS,

Mr. SIMON, and Mr. MATHEWS) submitted the following resolution; which

was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

SEPTEMBER 29 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 12), 1994

Reported by Mr. PELL, without amendment

RESOLUTION

To express the sense of the Senate concerning United States

relations with Taiwan.

Whereas the Republic of China on Taiwan (known as Taiwan) is the United States fifth largest trading partner

and an economic powerhouse buying more than twice as

much annually from the United States as do the 1.2 billion Chinese of the People’s Republic of China;

Whereas European countries, with numerous ministerial visits to Taipei in support of their trade promotion efforts

have been awarded over US$5 billion in contracts for

Taiwan’s Six Year National Development Plan, while
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U.S. companies have won only US$1.37 billion in contracts (1991–93);

Whereas Taiwan is a model emerging democracy, with a free

press, free elections, stable democratic institutions, and

human rights protections;

Whereas United States interests are served by supporting democracy and human rights abroad;

Whereas United States interests are best served by policies

that treat Taiwan’s leaders with respect and dignity;

Whereas the results of the Executive branch review of the

policy of the United States toward Taiwan were announced on September 7, 1994; and

Whereas the adjustments made in United States policy toward Taiwan do not concretely or adequately upgrade relations: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved, That is it the sense of the Senate that

2 United States policy toward Taiwan should—

3 (1) welcome the President of the Republic of

4 China on Taiwan and other high-level government

5 officials to the United States;

6 (2) allow unrestricted office calls by all rep7 resentatives of Taiwan in the United States to all

8 United States departments and agencies, including

9 the Departments of Defense and State and offices in

10 the Old Executive Office Building;

11 (3) send cabinet-level officials, including offi12 cials from the Departments of State and Defense, to

13 Taiwan on a regular basis;
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1 (4) support a proposal in the 48th General As2 sembly of the United Nations for formal observer

3 status for Taiwan as a first step toward full mem4 bership in the United Nations and its specialized

5 agencies;

6 (5) support a proposal at the earliest possible

7 time for full admission for Taiwan into a wide range

8 of international organizations including, but not lim9 ited to—

10 (A) the General Agreement on Tariffs and

11 Trade (GATT) as a developed country, irrespec12 tive of the timeable for the admission into

13 GATT of the People’s Republic of China;

14 (B) the International Bank for Recon15 struction and Development (IBRD or the World

16 Bank);

17 (C) the International Monetary Fund;

18 (D) the Convention on Trade in Endan19 gered Species of Flora and Fauna (CITES);

20 (E) the Montreal Protocol of the United

21 Nations Environment Programme (UNEP);

22 (F) International Maritime Organization

23 (IMO);

24 (G) International Atomic Energy Agency

25 (IAEA); and
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1 (H) United Nations High Commission for

2 Refugees (UNHCR);

3 (6) change the name of Taiwan’s representative

4 office in the United States to the ‘‘Taipei Represent5 ative Office’’;

6 (7) approve defensive arms sales to Taiwan

7 based solely on Taiwan’s self-defense needs, without

8 qualitative or quantitative restrictions;

9 (8) require advice and consent of the United

10 States Senate for the highest level representative of

11 the United States in Taiwan;

12 (9) upgrade the status of the existing American

13 Institute in Taiwan (AIT);

14 (10) include a report by the Secretary of State

15 to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the

16 House Foreign Affairs Committee on United States

17 economic, cultural, political and security relations

18 with Taiwan on an annual basis;

19 (11) support participation of the President of

20 the Republic of China on Taiwan in the Asia Pacific

21 Economic Cooperation forum; and

22 (12) raise U.S. concerns about the People’s Re23 public of China threat to forcefully reunify Taiwan

24 and the People’s Republic of China.