Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations and Human Services, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 28 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the United States Congress to fully fund the Millennium Challenge Account and involve women as full and active participants in economic development assistance programs in their nations.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women.

Your Committees find that in September, 2000, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the United Nations Millennium Declaration, a resolution establishing international development goals to reduce poverty and improve lives throughout the world.

In March 2002, President George W. Bush unveiled the Millennium Challenge Account, designed to increase developmental assistance to poor, developing countries.

Your Committees agree that the Millennium Challenge Account should be fully funded, and that women should fully participate in economic development assistance programs in countries benefiting from the Account.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations and Human Services that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 28, and recommend its adoption.