IN HR0016

Affirms Indiana House support for Taiwan's participation in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

Recognizes Taiwan as the world's 17th largest economy and a key air transport hub in the Asia-Pacific region with over 1.35 million flights passing through its airspace

Notes Taiwan's exclusion from international climate organizations impeded its response to Typhoon Morakot in 2009 and hampered global climate change initiatives

Acknowledges Indiana's sister state relationship with Taiwan established November 6, 1979, and Taiwan's role as a democratic beacon for Asia

Directs the Principal Clerk to transmit copies to U.S. Senate and House leadership, Indiana's Congressional delegation, UNFCCC and ICAO leadership, and Taiwan's Chicago office