Senate Bill sb2790

    Florida Senate - 2003        (NP)                      SR 2790

    By Senators Diaz de la Portilla and Wasserman Schultz





    26-1976A-03

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution supporting the right of the people

  3         of Taiwan to participate in United Nations and

  4         World Health Organization affairs and to decide

  5         their own future.

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  7         WHEREAS, the people of the State of Florida enjoy a

  8  good relationship of economic cooperation and cultural

  9  exchange with the people of Taiwan, and

10         WHEREAS, Taiwan is a democratic country with an economy

11  complementary to that of the United States and a peace-loving

12  culture that shares our cherished values of freedom and human

13  rights, and

14         WHEREAS, the exclusion of Taiwan from the United

15  Nations and its specialized agencies, such as the World Health

16  Organization, has not only weakened the foundation of peace

17  and security in East Asia, but has also hampered the

18  cross-border precautionary mechanism against infectious

19  diseases such as HIV/AIDS, entrovirus, Denge fever, and SARS,

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21         WHEREAS, an isolated Taiwan is not in the interest of

22  our goals of promoting peace, democracy, and prosperity in the

23  Asia Pacific region, and

24         WHEREAS, a threatened Taiwan will not frighten the

25  Taiwanese people into giving up their pursuit of freedom,

26  equality, and dignity, and

27         WHEREAS, the members of The Florida Senate are

28  seriously concerned about our mutual interests with Taiwan,

29  our important trading partner, good friend, and long-standing

30  ally, NOW, THEREFORE,

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    Florida Senate - 2003        (NP)                      SR 2790
    26-1976A-03




 1  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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 3         That the members of this body join unanimously to urge

 4  the United Nations and the World Health Organization to

 5  facilitate Taiwan's participation and contribution.

 6         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of this body

 7  join unanimously in support of a free and democratic Taiwan.

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