Connie Mack: “My resolution, introduced with Senator Wellstone and 11 other Senators, urges the President to take all action necessary…”

“My resolution, introduced with Senator Wellstone and 11 other Senators, urges the President to take all action necessary to introduce and pass a resolution at the annual meeting of the U.N. Human Rights Commission critical of the human rights abuses in China and Tibet. I hope the President will take note and take action. This resolution passed out of the Foreign Relations Committee yesterday by a vote of 16 to 1. Again, I express my appreciation to Senators Wellstone, Helms, Thomas, Lugar, Coverdell, Feingold, Hagel, Biden, and a number of others. With this action, the committee voiced its strong support for the passage of this resolution unamended. Now I would like to state five points as to why we should pass the resolution now. First, we know that offering and debating this resolution at the annual U.N. Human Rights Commission in Geneva advances human rights in China and Tibet.”