Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on International Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 274 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to express the Hawaii State Legislature's support for maintaining peace in the Asia-Pacific region with the United Nations and with the support of allies and friends.

Several concerned individuals supported this concurrent resolution.

Your Committee finds that Hawaii is a small and very open economy, dependent on trade across the Pacific for its prosperity and therefore dependent on peace across the Pacific. Our state is also proudly made-up of a very ethnically and culturally diverse population that holds strong familial and emotional ties to our Asian-Pacific neighbors. Hawaii is proof that we can live closely with one another in relative peace and prosperity.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on International Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 274 and recommends its adoption.