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HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 2 – World Health Organization, Taiwan

HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 2

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HJM002.....................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - Stating findings of the Legislature and
supporting the participation of Taiwan in a meaningful and appropriate way
in the World Health Organization.
                                                                        
02/07    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/08    Rpt prt - to 2nd rdg
02/09    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/14    3rd rdg - ADOPTED - voice vote
    Floor Sponsor - Bedke
    Title apvd - to Senate
02/15    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
02/27    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
02/28    10th Ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
    Floor Sponsors - Stennett & Cameron
    Title apvd - to House
03/01    To enrol
03/02    Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/05    Pres signed
03/06    To Secretary of State

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-ninth Legislature                   First Regular Session - 2007
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                 HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 2
                                                                        
                                 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                   A JOINT MEMORIAL
  2    TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  3        OF THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, TO THE  CONGRESSIONAL  DELEGA-
  4        TION REPRESENTING THE STATE OF IDAHO IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES,
  5        TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND TO THE REPRE-
  6        SENTATIVE OF THE TAIPEI ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE IN THE
  7        UNITED STATES.
                                                                        
  8        We,  your Memorialists, the House of Representatives and the Senate of the
  9    State of Idaho assembled in the First Regular Session of the Fifty-ninth Idaho
 10    Legislature, do hereby respectfully represent that:
                                                                        
 11        WHEREAS, direct and unobstructed  participation  in  international  health
 12    cooperation  forums  and programs is crucial for all parts of the world, espe-
 13    cially with today's greater potential for the cross-border spread  of  various
 14    infectious diseases such as AIDS; and
 15        WHEREAS,  Taiwan's  achievements  in the field of health care are substan-
 16    tial, including life expectancy levels that are some of the highest  in  Asia,
 17    maternal  and  infant  mortality rates that are comparable to those of western
 18    countries, free hepatitis B vaccinations for children and the  eradication  of
 19    polio, cholera, smallpox and the plague; and
 20        WHEREAS,  the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and its Taiwanese
 21    counterpart have enjoyed close collaboration on a wide range of public  health
 22    issues; and
 23        WHEREAS, in recent years Taiwan has expressed a willingness to give finan-
 24    cial  and  technical assistance to the international aid and health activities
 25    supported by the World Health Organization; and
 26        WHEREAS, Taiwan's population of twenty-three million is larger  than  that
 27    of seventy-five percent of World Health Organization member states; and
 28        WHEREAS, the United States, in its 1994 Taiwan Policy Review, declared its
 29    intention to support Taiwan's participation in appropriate international orga-
 30    nizations; and
 31        WHEREAS,  Taiwan's  participation  in  the World Health Organization could
 32    bring many benefits to the state of health care, not only in Taiwan, but  also
 33    regionally and globally.
 34        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the First Regular Session
 35    of  the  Fifty-ninth  Idaho  Legislature, the House of Representatives and the
 36    Senate concurring therein, that we support the participation by  Taiwan  in  a
 37    meaningful and appropriate way in the World Health Organization.
 38        BE  IT  FURTHER  RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the House of Representa-
 39    tives be, and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of  this
 40    Memorial to the President of the United States, to the President of the Senate
 41    and  the  Speaker of the House of Representatives of Congress, to the congres-
 42    sional delegation representing the State of  Idaho  in  the  Congress  of  the
 43    United States, to the Director-General of the World Health Organization and to
 44    the  representative  of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office
                                                                        
                                       2
                                                                        
  1    in the United States.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 16782

The purpose of this Joint Memorial is to request the Idaho
Congressional Delegation and the U.S. Congress support the
participation of Taiwan in the World Health Organization in a
meaningful and appropriate way.  Taiwan achievements in the field
of health care are substantial; they have enjoyed close
collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control; and they are
willing to assist financially and technically the World Health
Organization.              


                           FISCAL NOTE

None




Contact
Name:  Speaker Lawrence Denney 
       Rep. Scott Bedke
       Rep. Dell Raybould
       ProTem Robert Geddes
       Sen. Dean Cameron
       Sen. Clint Stennett
Phone: 332-1000


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                             HJM 2