STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1747

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.C.R. No. 68

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Culture, Arts & International Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 68 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE UNITED STATES TO SUPPORT TAIWAN'S PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL POLICE ORGANIZATION, UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, AND INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION AND URGING INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO GRANT TAIWAN MEMBERSHIP, OBSERVER, OR OTHER APPROPRIATE STATUS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to urge:

(1) The United States to support Taiwan's participation in international organizations, including the World Health Organization, International Criminal Police Organization, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and International Civil Aviation Organization; and

(2) International organizations to grant Taiwan membership, observer, or other appropriate status.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office.

Your Committee finds that Taiwan has full membership in forty intergovernmental organizations or their subsidiary bodies, including the World Trade Organization, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, and Central American Bank for Economic Integration. Your Committee further finds that despite those memberships and statuses, Taiwan is not a member of the World Health Organization, International Criminal Police Organization, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or International Civil Aviation Organization. This measure supports Taiwan's participation in additional international organizations to greatly benefit these organizations and share experiences with them, as Taiwan is a successful democracy; a hub of travel, culture, and education; an economic leader with the twenty-first largest economy in the world; and the first nation in Asia to establish a single-payer national health insurance system.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Culture, Arts & International Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 68 and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Culture, Arts & International Affairs,

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ADRIAN K. TAM, Chair