HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.C.R. NO.

89

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 
   


HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM AND THE EAST-WEST CENTER TO CONDUCT AN INVENTORY OF INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN HAWAII TO AID BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT, AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS.

 

 

WHEREAS, many activities and programs involving international activities are held in Hawaii; and

WHEREAS, many parties are often unaware of the activities and programs of other parties involving international activities; and

WHEREAS, an inventory of such activities and programs would help to promote trade, cultural understanding, and efficiency; and

WHEREAS, monitoring and inventorying international activities and programs in the State should be the duty of government; and

WHEREAS, international activities mean any activity or program, regular function, or liaison between businesses, local government, state government, federal government, or tax exempt civic and non-governmental organizations with nexus in Hawaii and relate to international affairs, and businesses, governments, and civic and nongovernmental organizations with a nexus to Hawaii and recognized status in a sovereign foreign nation, including territories held by the United States; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2004, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, and the East-West Center, because of their unique expertise in such matters, are requested to conduct and publish an inventory of all international activities and programs in the State as an aid to business, government, and civic organizations in their international endeavors; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the inventory be published on the Internet on the state government's website for convenient use by every interested person, ten days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2005; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Governor, the President of the East-West Center, the President of the Hawaii Division of the United Nations Association, and the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, who in turn is requested to transmit copies to all foreign diplomats stationed in Hawaii.

 

 

 

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title:

DBEDT and the East-West Ctr to Conduct an Inventory of Intl. Activities