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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 12

Relating to the Republic of China (Taiwan’s) participation in the United

Nations.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 4, 1995

Mr. SOLOMON (for himself and Mr. LANTOS) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International

Relations

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Relating to the Republic of China (Taiwan’s) participation

in the United Nations.

Whereas China has been a divided nation since 1949, and the

Governments of the Republic of China on Taiwan (hereinafter cited as ‘‘Taiwan’’) and the People’s Republic of

China on Mainland China (hereinafter cited as ‘‘Mainland China’’) have exercised exclusive jurisdiction over

separate parts of China;

Whereas Taiwan has the 19th largest gross national product

in the world, a strong and vibrant economy, and one of

the largest foreign exchange reserves of any nation;

Whereas Taiwan has dramatically improved its record on

human rights and routinely holds free and fair elections

in a multiparty system, as evidenced most recently by the
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December 3, 1994 balloting for local and provincial

officials;

Whereas the 21 million people on Taiwan are not represented

in the United Nations and their human rights as citizens

of the world are therefore severely abridged;

Whereas Taiwan has in recent years repeatedly expressed its

strong desire to participate in the United Nations;

Whereas Taiwan has much to contribute to the work and

funding of the United Nations;

Whereas Taiwan has demonstrated its commitment to the

world community by responding to international disasters

and crises such as environmental destruction in the Persian Gulf and famine in Rwanda by providing financial

donations, medical assistance, and other forms of aid;

Whereas the world community has reacted positively to Taiwan’s desire for international participation, as shown by

Taiwan’s continued membership in the Asian Development Bank, the admission of Taiwan into the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group as a full member, and

the accession of Taiwan as an observer at the General

Agreement on Tariffs and Trade as the first step toward

becoming a contracting party to that organization;

Whereas the United States has supported Taiwan’s participation in these bodies and indicated, in its policy review of

September 1994, a stronger and more active policy of

support for Taiwan’s participation in other international

organizations;

Whereas Taiwan has repeatedly stated that its participation

in international organizations is that of a divided nation,

with no intention to challenge the current international

status of Mainland China;
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Whereas the United Nations and other international organizations have established precedents concerning the admission of separate parts of divided nations, such as Korea

and Germany; and

Whereas Taiwan’s participation in international organizations

would not prevent or imperil a future voluntary union between Taiwan and Mainland China any more than the

recognition of separate governments in the former West

Germany and the former East Germany prevented the

voluntary reunification of Germany: Now, therefore, be it

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that—

3 (1) Taiwan deserves full participation, including

4 a seat, in the United Nations; and

5 (2) the Government of the United States should

6 immediately encourage the United Nations to estab7 lish an ad hoc committee for the purpose of studying

8 membership for Taiwan in that organization and its

9 related agencies.

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