Wyoming 2025 Regular Session

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2	2	STATE OF WYOMING
3	3	25LSO-06501
4	4	HJ0005
5	5	HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. HJ0005
6	6	China-misuse of United Nations resolution.
7	7	Sponsored by: Representative(s) Singh and Senator(s) Driskill
8	8	and Laursen, D
9	9	A JOINT RESOLUTION
10	10	for
11	11	1 A JOINT RESOLUTIONopposing the People's Republic of China's
12	12	2 misuse of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution
13	13	3 2758.
14	14	4
15	15	5 WHEREAS, Taiwan was one of the original member states of the
16	16	6 United Nations at its inception in 1945; and
17	17	7
18	18	8 WHEREAS, on October 25, 1971, the United Nations General
19	19	9 Assembly adopted Resolution 2758, which recognizes the
20	20	10 government of the People's Republic of China as the
21	21	11 representative of the member state "China" in the United
22	22	12 Nations; and
23	23	13
24	24	14 WHEREAS, the People's Republic of China frequently conflates
25	25	15 the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 with its 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0650
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27	27	2
28	28	1 "One China Principle," which is a policy that is held by the
29	29	2 Chinese Communist Party alleging that the People's Republic
30	30	3 of China is the only sovereign nation using the name "China"
31	31	4 and that Taiwan is an inalienable part of "China"; and
32	32	5
33	33	6 WHEREAS, officials from the People's Republic of China
34	34	7 misrepresent the United Nations General Assembly Resolution
35	35	8 2758 by claiming the adoption of the resolution implies
36	36	9 acceptance of the "One China Principle" and the People's
37	37	10 Republic of China's assertion that it claims Taiwan despite
38	38	11 the fact that the United Nations General Assembly Resolution
39	39	12 2758 does not and was never meant to represent an
40	40	13 international consensus regarding Taiwan and whether Taiwan
41	41	14 is or is not part of the People's Republic of China; and
42	42	15
43	43	16 WHEREAS, the People's Republic of China's misleadingly claims
44	44	17 that countries with a "One China Principle" have accepted and
45	45	18 abide by the People's Republic of China's "One China
46	46	19 Principle"; and
47	47	20
48	48	21 WHEREAS, the People's Republic of China has misused the United
49	49	22 Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 to influence and
50	50	23 coerce ten (10) countries since 2016 to change their 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0650
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52	52	3
53	53	1 diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to the People's Republic
54	54	2 of China; and
55	55	3
56	56	4 WHEREAS, the "One China Policy" of the United States
57	57	5 acknowledges the People's Republic of China's "One China
58	58	6 Principle," but affirms that: (1) the United States does not
59	59	7 take a position on Taiwan's status and (2) this issue should
60	60	8 be resolved peacefully by the people on both sides of the
61	61	9 Taiwan Strait; and
62	62	10
63	63	11 WHEREAS, in 1982, during the administration of President
64	64	12 Ronald Reagan, the United States conveyed six (6) assurances
65	65	13 to Taiwan's President Chiang Ching-kuo, including that the
66	66	14 United States has not changed its stance of Taiwan's
67	67	15 sovereignty, and each subsequent United States presidential
68	68	16 administration has reaffirmed these six (6) assurances; and
69	69	17
70	70	18 WHEREAS, the People's Republic of China has weaponized the
71	71	19 United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 and the "One
72	72	20 China Principle" to isolate Taiwan and to prevent its
73	73	21 meaningful participation at the United Nations, United
74	74	22 Nations affiliated agencies and other international
75	75	23 organizations, including but not limited to the International 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0650
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77	77	4
78	78	1 Civil Aviation Organization, Interpol and the World Health
79	79	2 Organization; and
80	80	3
81	81	4 WHEREAS, in 2022, Robert O'Brien, former United States
82	82	5 National Security Advisor, stated that the People's Republic
83	83	6 of China manipulates the United Nations General Assembly
84	84	7 Resolution 2758 to make false claims regarding Taiwan's
85	85	8 status in order "to undermine the international order and the
86	86	9 international system"; and
87	87	10
88	88	11 WHEREAS, in August 2023, the Central American Parliament
89	89	12 expelled Taiwan, after more than twenty (20) years as a
90	90	13 permanent observer, from holding such status at its sessions
91	91	14 and falsely claimed that the United Nations General Assembly
92	92	15 Resolution 2758 deemed Taiwan a "province of mainland China,
93	93	16 which disqualifies it from participating as an independent
94	94	17 country"; and
95	95	18
96	96	19 WHEREAS, the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758
97	97	20 did not endorse, is not equivalent to and does not reflect
98	98	21 the "One China Principle" which is a term that refers to the
99	99	22 People's Republic of China's own position on Taiwan; and
100	100	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0650
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102	102	5
103	103	1 WHEREAS, the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758
104	104	2 has no bearing on the sovereign choices of countries with
105	105	3 respect to their relationships with Taiwan; and
106	106	4
107	107	5 WHEREAS, the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758
108	108	6 does not constitute a United Nations institutional position
109	109	7 on the ultimate political status of Taiwan; and
110	110	8
111	111	9 WHEREAS, the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758
112	112	10 does not preclude Taiwan's meaningful participation in the
113	113	11 United Nations system and other multilateral fora; and
114	114	12
115	115	13 WHEREAS, the government of Taiwan has appealed to the United
116	116	14 Nations for greater inclusion in the United Nations in
117	117	15 September 2024, arguing the themes of leaving no one behind,
118	118	16 acting together for the advancement of peace, sustainable
119	119	17 development and human dignity for the present and future; and
120	120	18
121	121	19 WHEREAS, the People's Republic of China's weaponization of
122	122	20 the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 has
123	123	21 consistently left behind Taiwan's twenty-three million five
124	124	22 hundred thousand (23,500,000) people since 1971; and
125	125	23 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-0650
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127	127	6
128	128	1 WHEREAS, the United States Department of State has previously
129	129	2 sent a letter including in October 2024 to state officials,
130	130	3 city mayors and fortune five hundred (500) chief executive
131	131	4 officers urging them to deepen their relationship with Taiwan
132	132	5 in areas of trade, education, investment and tourism; and
133	133	6
134	134	7 WHEREAS, the People's Republic of China's weaponization of
135	135	8 the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 includes
136	136	9 threats to Taipei that if Taiwan does not clarify that it is
137	137	10 a United Nations member state then Beijing might overturn the
138	138	11 status quo; and
139	139	12
140	140	13 WHEREAS, allies of the United States, including but not
141	141	14 limited to Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and the United
142	142	15 Kingdom have rejected the People's Republic of China's
143	143	16 attempt to distort the United Nations General Assembly
144	144	17 Resolution 2758 to exclude Taiwan from participation at the
145	145	18 United Nations.
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152	152	1That the Wyoming Legislature urges the
153	153	2 United Nations to oppose the People's Republic of China's
154	154	3 misuse of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution
155	155	4 2758.
156	156	5
157	157	6That the Wyoming Legislature requests the
158	158	7 United Nations ceases using the United Nations General
159	159	8 Assembly Resolution 2758 to deny Taiwan's participation in
160	160	9 the United Nations and its institutions.
161	161	10
162	162	11That Wyoming reaffirms the longstanding "One
163	163	12 China Policy" of the United States and does not recognize the
164	164	13 People's Republic of China's claim of control over Taiwan and
165	165	14 its outlying islands.
166	166	15
167	167	16That Wyoming reaffirms the interest of the
168	168	17 United States in a peaceful resolution of cross Strait issues
169	169	18 involving the People's Republic of China and Taiwan.
170	170	19
171	171	20That Wyoming will not exert pressure on
172	172	21 Taiwan to enter into negotiations with the People's Republic
173	173	22 of China.
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177	177	1That Wyoming emphasizes that the United
178	178	2 Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 is not equivalent to
179	179	3 and does not endorse or reflect the People's Republic of
180	180	4 China's "One China Principle."
181	181	5
182	182	6That Wyoming emphasizes that the United
183	183	7 Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 does not take a
184	184	8 position on Taiwan's ultimate political status, as explicitly
185	185	9 recognized by the leaders of the People's Republic of China,
186	186	10 and does not represent a United Nations consensus on Taiwan's
187	187	11 status.
188	188	12
189	189	13That Wyoming opposes the People's Republic
190	190	14 of China's distortion of the United Nations General Assembly
191	191	15 Resolution 2758, which is wrongfully conflated with the
192	192	16 People's Republic of China's "One China Principle."
193	193	17
194	194	18That Wyoming supports Taiwan's diplomatic
195	195	19 allies in continuing official relationships with Taiwan and
196	196	20 other nations across the world in strengthening their
197	197	21 partnerships with Taiwan.
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201	201	1That Wyoming supports the efforts of other
202	202	2 countries to differentiate between their policies and the
203	203	3 People's Republic of China's "One China Principle" to counter
204	204	4 the People's Republic of China's propaganda about
205	205	5 international views of Taiwan.
206	206	6
207	207	7That Wyoming reiterates its support for
208	208	8 Taiwan's membership in international organizations where
209	209	9 statehood is not a requirement for membership and encourages
210	210	10 participation for Taiwan in international organizations where
211	211	11 statehood is required and currently not possible.
212	212	12
213	213	13
214	214	14 government to work with partners to counter the People's
215	215	15 Republic of China's false narrative about the United Nations
216	216	16 General Assembly Resolution 2758.
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220	220	1 That the Secretary of State of Wyoming
221	221	2 transmit copies of this resolution to the President of the
222	222	3 United States, to the President of the Senate and Speaker of
223	223	4 the House of Representatives of the United States Congress,
224	224	5 to Wyoming's Congressional Delegation, to the President of
225	225	6 the United Nations General Assembly and to Taiwan's
226	226	7 President.
227	227	8
228	228	9 (END)