In the Senate of the United States,
May 9, 2001.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 428) entitled ‘‘An Act concerning the participa-
tion of Taiwan in the World Health Organization.’’, do pass
with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. CONCERNING THE PARTICIPATION OF TAIWAN
IN 
THE 
WORLD 
HEALTH 
ORGANIZATION
(WHO).
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following
findings:
(1) Good health is important to every citizen of
the world and access to the highest standards of health
information and services is necessary to improve the
public health.
(2) Direct and unobstructed participation in
international health cooperation forums and pro-
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grams is beneficial for all parts of the world, espe-
cially with today’s greater potential for the cross-bor-
der spread of various infectious diseases such as the
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), tuberculosis,
and malaria.
(3) Taiwan’s population of 23,500,000 people is
larger than that of 3⁄4 of the member states already
in the World Health Organization (WHO).
(4) Taiwan’s achievements in the field of health
are substantial, including one of the highest life ex-
pectancy levels in Asia, maternal and infant mor-
tality rates comparable to those of western countries,
the eradication of such infectious diseases as cholera,
smallpox, and the plague, and the first to eradicate
polio and provide children with hepatitis B vaccina-
tions.
(5) The United States Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention and its Taiwan counterpart
agencies have enjoyed close collaboration on a wide
range of public health issues.
(6) In recent years Taiwan has expressed a will-
ingness to assist financially and technically in inter-
national aid and health activities supported by the
WHO.
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(7) On January 14, 2001, an earthquake, reg-
istering between 7.6 and 7.9 on the Richter scale,
struck El Salvador. In response, the Taiwanese gov-
ernment sent 2 rescue teams, consisting of 90 individ-
uals specializing in firefighting, medicine, and civil
engineering. The Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Af-
fairs also donated $200,000 in relief aid to the Salva-
doran Government.
(8) The World Health Assembly has allowed ob-
servers to participate in the activities of the organiza-
tion, including the Palestine Liberation Organization
in 1974, the Order of Malta, and the Holy See in the
early 1950’s.
(9) The United States, in the 1994 Taiwan Pol-
icy Review, declared its intention to support Tai-
wan’s participation in appropriate international or-
ganizations.
(10) Public Law 106–137 required the Secretary
of State to submit a report to the Congress on efforts
by the executive branch to support Taiwan’s partici-
pation in international organizations, in particular
the WHO.
(11) In light of all benefits that Taiwan’s par-
ticipation in the WHO can bring to the state of
health not only in Taiwan, but also regionally and
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globally, Taiwan and its 23,500,000 people should
have appropriate and meaningful participation in
the WHO.
(b) PLAN.—The Secretary of State is authorized—
(1) to initiate a United States plan to endorse
and obtain observer status for Taiwan at the annual
week-long summit of the World Health Assembly in
May 2001 in Geneva, Switzerland; and
(2) to instruct the United States delegation to
Geneva to implement that plan.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 14 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall
submit a written report to the Congress in unclassified form
containing the plan authorized under subsection (b).
Attest:
Secretary.