Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United Nations should forthwith take the procedural actions necessary to amend Article 23 of the Charter of the United Nations to remove the People's Republic of China as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.

IV 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 219 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United Nations should forthwith take the procedural actions necessary to amend Article 23 of the Charter of the United Nations to remove the People’s Republic of China as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 11, 2021 Mr. BILIRAKIS submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United Nations should forthwith take the procedural actions necessary to amend Article 23 of the Charter of the United Nations to remove the People’s Republic of China as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. Whereas the United Nations Security Council is charged with maintaining peace and security among the nations of the world; Whereas the United Nations Security Council currently has five permanent members; Whereas the primary responsibility of the United Nations Se- curity Council is the maintenance of international peace VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:22 Mar 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR219.IH HR219 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 219 IH and security with the least diversion for armaments of the world’s human and economic resources; Whereas the preamble of the Charter of the United Nations states that ‘‘we the peoples of the United Nations deter- mined to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small’’ and ‘‘to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbors’’; Whereas the People’s Republic of China has grossly violated these values in their treatment of minorities within the People’s Republic of China, such as the Uyghur people and Tibetans; Whereas Hong Kong was a beacon of democracy, economic progress, and human development while maintaining sep- arate governing and economic systems from that of main- land China under the principle of ‘‘one country, two sys- tems’’; Whereas the People’s Republic of China’s continued interven- tion in Hong Kong, including the controversial national security laws for Hong Kong passed by the National Peo- ple’s Congress on May 28, 2020, further threatens the fundamental human rights and freedoms guaranteed to the people of Hong Kong; and Whereas the People’s Republic of China lack of transparency and handling of the COVID–19 pandemic resulted in sig- nificantly greater lives lost and worldwide economic ruin: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep- 1 resentatives that the United Nations should forthwith take 2 the procedural actions necessary to amend Article 23 of 3 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:22 Mar 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR219.IH HR219 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HRES 219 IH the Charter of the United Nations to remove the People’s 1 Republic of China as a permanent member of the United 2 Nations Security Council. 3 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:22 Mar 11, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR219.IH HR219 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS