HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.C.R. NO.

11

TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

URGING THE GOVERNOR OF HAWAII TO INVITE ALL APEC COUNTRIES TO ESTABLISH HONORARY CONSULS IN HAWAII AHEAD OF THE 2011 APEC SUMMIT.

 

 

 


     WHEREAS, the Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation, or APEC, is a forum of twenty-one Pacific Rim countries established in 1989 to promote free trade and economic co-operation throughout the Asia-Pacific region; and

 

     WHEREAS, from November 12-13, APEC will convene its 23rd annual summit in Honolulu, Hawaii; and

 

     WHEREAS, there will be heads of state and officials from the twenty-one member countries but, Hawaii has just 4 honorary consuls from those member countries; and

 

     WHEREAS, the role of the honorary consul is to undertake and safeguard the interests of the sending country as well as to further the development of commercial, economic, cultural and scientific relations between the sending state and the host state; and

 

     WHEREAS, the honorary consul would help expedite the processing of visas and provide communications between diplomats and Washington D.C.; and

 

     WHEREAS, the APEC conference can potentially result in the establishment of economic trade relations between the state of Hawaii and member countries; and

 

     WHEREAS, having honorary consuls can be instrumental in the retaining of and fostering the growth of such relations; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-sixth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2011, the Senate concurring, that the Governor of the State of Hawaii is urged to request to all APEC-member countries to establish honorary consuls in Hawaii before the 2011 APEC summit; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Office of the Governor, Department of Business Economic Development and Tourism, and the U.S. Department of State.

 

 

 

 

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Report Title: 

APEC countries; honorary consuls