00 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 63                                                                                           
01 Relating to the membership of the Republic of China on Taiwan in the United                                             
02 Nations.                                                                                                                
03 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04  WHEREAS China has been a divided nation since 1949, and the Republic of China                                          
05 on Taiwan and the People's Republic of China on the Chinese mainland have exercised                                     
06 exclusive jurisdiction over separate parts of China; and                                                                
07  WHEREAS the United Nations' General Assembly Resolution 2758 adopted in 1971                                           
08 does not constitute a complete solution to the issue of China's seat in the United Nations; and                         
09  WHEREAS the Republic of China on Taiwan acknowledges that two equal and                                                
10 distinct political entities exist within the divided China; and                                                         
11  WHEREAS the Republic of China on Taiwan is currently the 14th largest trading                                          
12 nation in the world; its gross national product is the 20th largest national product in the world;                      
13 its annual per capita income exceeds $10,000; its foreign exchange reserves exceed                                      
14 $80,000,000,000; and it has become the seventh largest outbound investor in the world; and                              
01  WHEREAS the 21,000,000 people on Taiwan enjoy a democratic form of government,                                         
02 and the policies of the Republic of China on Taiwan conform to those of other democratic                                
03 nations; and                                                                                                            
04  WHEREAS the Republic of China on Taiwan has joined other nations in responding                                         
05 to international disasters and crises, has undertaken programs of assistance for less developed                         
06 nations, and has in other ways accepted regional and global responsibilities; and                                       
07  WHEREAS the Republic of China on Taiwan has joined several important multilateral                                      
08 organizations in recent years, including the Asia/Pacific Economic Cooperation and the Asian                            
09 Development Bank, and its admission into these organizations has been supported by the                                  
10 United States; and                                                                                                      
11  WHEREAS a consensus has emerged in the Republic of China on Taiwan that it                                             
12 should participate in the United Nations, and the Republic of China on Taiwan has launched                              
13 a campaign to pursue a seat in the United Nations without prejudice to the current position                             
14 of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations; and                                                            
15  WHEREAS membership of the Republic of China on Taiwan in the United Nations                                            
16 conforms to the United Nations' principle of universality and would contribute to the peace                             
17 and stability of the Pacific region, and, therefore, to the interests of the United States;                             
18  BE IT RESOLVED by the Alaska State Legislature that the Republic of China on                                           
19 Taiwan deserves to be allowed full membership in the United Nations.                                                    
20  COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Bill Clinton, President of the                                
21 United States; the Honorable Al Gore, Jr., Vice-President of the United States and President                            
22 of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Boutros Boutros Ghali, Secretary-General of the United                                
23 Nations; the Honorable Madeleine Albright, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; the                                   
24 Honorable Robert C. Byrd, President Pro Tempore of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Thomas                                
25 S. Foley, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; and to the Honorable Ted Stevens and                            
26 the Honorable Frank Murkowski, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable Don Young, U.S.                                         
27 Representative, members of the Alaska delegation in Congress.