STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1432

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.C.R. No. 164

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs and Transportation and Culture and the Arts, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 164 entitled:

"SENATE 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,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

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

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

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

Your Committees find that Taiwan has a gross domestic product of $828,600,000,000, making it the twenty-first largest economy in the world. Additionally, Taiwan is the fifty-seventh most populous nation or dependency in the world with a population of approximately twenty-three and a half million. Your Committees further find 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. Despite those memberships and statuses, Taiwan is not a member of the World Health Organization, International Criminal Police Organization, United Nations Framework Conventions on Climate Change, or International Civil Aviation Organization. This measure support efforts for Taiwan to obtain membership, observer, or other appropriate status in international organizations.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs and Transportation and Culture and the Arts that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 164 and recommend its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs and Transportation and Culture and the Arts,

________________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair

________________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Chair