STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1578

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 249
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services and Housing, to which was
referred H.C.R. No. 249 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT 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,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to:

     (1)  Request the United Nations to establish and support a
          center for the health, welfare, and rights of children
          and youth in Hawaii; and

     (2)  Respectfully request support for the center from the
          President of the United States and the U.S. Congress.

     The Millenium Young People's Congress and a concerned
individual testified in support of the measure.

     Your Committee finds that the research of issues and
alternatives pertinent to our children's future deserves a center
where advocacy, policy implementation, and strategy for the
health, welfare, and rights of children can be promoted, as well
as provide children with a forum for legislation, funding, and
global communications.  Hawaii's location in the middle of the
Pacific will provide an excellent and strategic location for such
a center.


 
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     Your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by:

     (1)  Changing the focus of the request to UNICEF;

     (2)  Amending the title, for the purpose of clarity, to
          read: "REQUESTING THE UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND
          (UNICEF) TO ESTABLISH A CENTER FOR THE HEALTH, WELFARE,
          AND RIGHTS OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN HAWAII, AND
          RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
          STATES AND THE U.S. CONGRESS TO SUPPORT THE CENTER;"
          and

     (3)  Directing that a certified copy of the concurrent
          resolution be transmitted to the President of the
          UNICEF Executive Board.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Human Services and Housing that is attached to this
report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of
H.C.R. No. 249, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in
the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 249, H.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Human Services
                                   and Housing,



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                                   DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair