Full Text of HR0231 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION 231
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Korean War, which was among the most | 3 | | destructive armed conflicts of the modern era, remains one of | 4 | | the world's longest ongoing wars, in which the Republic of | 5 | | Korea (South Korea), the Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 6 | | (North Korea), and the United States have suffered hundreds of | 7 | | thousands of casualties and losses, millions of civilians | 8 | | killed and wounded, and millions of families separated; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, On July 27, 1953, the United Nations Command, the | 10 | | North Korean People's Army, and the Chinese People's | 11 | | Volunteers entered into an armistice agreement; by its terms, | 12 | | it aimed to "insure a complete cessation of hostilities and of | 13 | | all acts of armed force in Korea until a final peaceful | 14 | | settlement is achieved"; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The Korean War Armistice Agreement, by its terms, | 16 | | neither formally ended the war nor amounted to a final | 17 | | peaceful settlement; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, The persistence of a state of war poses a | 19 | | constant risk and threat to the national security of the | 20 | | United States and its allies; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, On April 27, 2018, the leaders of South Korea and |
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| 1 | | North Korea met in Panmunjom, located on the border between | 2 | | South and North Korea, and declared that "there will be no more | 3 | | war and a new era of peace has begun on the Korean peninsula"; | 4 | | they further committed "to declare the end of war" on the | 5 | | Korean peninsula, being in agreement to promote meetings | 6 | | involving the United States "with a view to replacing the | 7 | | Armistice Agreement with a peace agreement and establishing a | 8 | | permanent and solid peace regime"; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, On June 12, 2018, the leaders of the United | 10 | | States and North Korea met in Singapore and promised "to | 11 | | establish new relations in accordance with the desire of the | 12 | | peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity"; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, The failure to reach a final peace settlement on | 14 | | the Korean peninsula has had long-term negative consequences | 15 | | on human rights, humanitarian conditions, and world peace, | 16 | | causing continued separation of families and incurred | 17 | | misappropriation of resources to excessive military spending | 18 | | rather than to the livelihoods of Americans and Koreans; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Fifteen Illinois National Guard units and their | 20 | | subordinate commands were called to federal service during the | 21 | | Korean War; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, More than 1,789 Illinois servicemen shed blood |
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| 1 | | for their country and the freedom of the Korean people in the | 2 | | Korean War; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois continues standing for | 4 | | world peace, the national security of the United States, | 5 | | universal human rights, and humanitarian conditions; | 6 | | therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 8 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 9 | | we pay tribute to the sacrifices of the veterans of the Korean | 10 | | War, its victims, and the families separated by the war; and be | 11 | | it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That we salute the Illinois National Guard | 13 | | Korean War veterans and honor them for their commitment to | 14 | | country, courage, and sacrifice; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That we would welcome a statement by the United | 16 | | States, in coordination with South Korea, declaring the end of | 17 | | the state of war with North Korea; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That we call for the conclusion of a binding | 19 | | peace agreement constituting a formal and final end to the | 20 | | state of war between South Korea, North Korea, and the United | 21 | | States; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That we affirm the vital role that women, who | 2 | | would be particularly vulnerable to any resumption of armed | 3 | | conflicts, must play in building a permanent and peaceful | 4 | | settlement; and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 6 | | delivered to the President of the United States, the U.S. | 7 | | Senate Majority Leader, the U.S. Senate Minority Leader, the | 8 | | U.S. Speaker of the House, the U.S. House of Representatives | 9 | | Minority Leader, and all members of the Illinois Congressional | 10 | | Delegation.
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