Bill Text: IN SR0044 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Affirming support for Taiwan.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-20 - First reading: referred to Committee on Appropriations [SR0044 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-SR0044-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, been
lauded as a beacon of democracy for Asia, dramatically
improved its record on human rights, and 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 dealing with climate change has impeded
Taiwan's ability to respond to natural disasters like Typhoon
Morakot, which struck Taiwan in the summer of 2009 during an
unusually bad typhoon season in the Pacific region;
Whereas, The Taiwan government is grateful for the assistance and condolences of the international community in the wake of Typhoon Morakot 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, Since 2001, aviation safety has become a major
global concern. Taiwan is a key air transport hub in the Asia-
Pacific region, with over 1.35 million flights passing through
the Taipei Information Region, and has the world's 15th largest
airport by cargo volume, Taoyuan International Airport; and
Whereas, The Taiwan 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
rapproachment between Taipei and Beijing: Therefore,
SECTION 1. That the Indiana Senate affirms its support for the participation of Taiwan in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to increase Taiwan's contribution to the global community.
SECTION 2. That the Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed to transmit copies of this Resolution to U.S. Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton; Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, Christiana Figueres; Raymond Benjamin, Secretary General of the ICAO; and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Officer in Chicago, Illinois.
