STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1740

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.C.R. No. 68

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 68 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING ADOPTION OF THE UNITED NATION'S MILLENNIUM GOALS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to join the global partnership for a better world by urging the adoption of the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals which include promoting poverty reduction, education, maternal health, gender equality, and combating child mortality, AIDS, and other diseases.

     The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Coalition – Hawaii, and several concerned individuals supported this concurrent resolution.  The Department of Education supported the intent of this measure.

     Your Committee finds that the Millennium Goals are major arenas in which significant progress must be made if all people in the world are to enjoy the basic human rights of health, food, education, and employment, and have a stake in continuing to improve and protect their society.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 68 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns,

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair