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TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
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                     HOUSE  RESOLUTION
  REQUESTING THE UNITED NATIONS TO ESTABLISH A CENTER FOR THE
    HEALTH, WELFARE, AND RIGHTS OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN
    HAWAII AND SUPPORT FOR THE CENTER IS RESPECTFULLY
    REQUESTED FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND
    CONGRESS.



 1        WHEREAS, a forum is needed to follow up on the
 2   recommendations of the Millenium Young People's Congress to be
 3   held in October 1999; and
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 5        WHEREAS, children and youth are the key to world peace,
 6   sustainability, and productivity in the next millenium; and
 7   
 8        WHEREAS, the health, welfare, and rights of children are
 9   the basic foundations that must be established for all children
10   and youth; and
11   
12        WHEREAS, Hawaii's location in the middle of the Pacific
13   Rim provides an excellent and strategic location for the
14   meeting place to follow up on the recommendations of the
15   Millenium Young People's Congress, to discuss the health,
16   welfare, and rights of children as basic foundations for all
17   children and youth, and to research pertinent issues and
18   alternatives concerning children and youth and propose viable
19   models for societal application; now, therefore,
20   
21        BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the
22   Twentieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session
23   of 1999, that the United Nations is respectfully requested to
24   establish a center for the health, welfare, and rights of
25   children and youth in Hawaii and support for the center is
26   respectfully requested from the President of the United States
27   and Congress; and
28   
29        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this
30   Resolution be transmitted to the Secretary General of the
31   United Nations, the President of the United States, the
32   President of the United States Senate, and the Speaker of the
33   United States House of Representatives.
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