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RESOLUTION NO. 363 17
A RESOLUTION URGING THE UNITED STATES TO SEEK A PEACEFUL AND
DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION TO REDUCE TENSIONS IN THE KOREAN PENINSULA.
WHEREAS, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea("North Korea") has conducted
six nuclear tests since 2006, including a recent hydrogen bomb test, and a spate of ballistic
missile tests with ever-increasing range; and
WHEREAS,the United States has responded by, among other things, dispatching a
naval armada to the Korean peninsula region earlier in the year, conducting bomber flights close
to the North Korean border, and calling upon other countries to enact and enforce rigorous
economic sanctions against the reclusive nation; and
WHEREAS, global tensions and anxieties have been further heightened by the
uninhibited exchange of rhetoric between the leaders of those two countries; and
WHEREAS, on September 11, 2017,the United Nations Security Council adopted
Resolution 2375, which received world-wide publicity for establishing a set of severe sanctions
upon North Korea; and
WHEREAS, a lesser-publicized, but equally important,provision in the resolution
reiterated the importance of maintaining peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in
north-east Asia at large, and its commitment to a peaceful, diplomatic, and political solution to
the situation through dialogue in order to reduce the tensions in the Korean Peninsula and
beyond; and
WHEREAS, a large and growing number of leaders and citizens in the international
community, including several former high-level, experienced U.S. government officials from
both Republican and Democratic administrations spanning the past 30 years, are urging the
principals to engage in peaceful and diplomatic talks; and
WHEREAS, a peaceful solution to the present situation between the United States and
North Korea is of particular importance to the State of Hawai`i given our geographic location
and vulnerability in the event of a war between the two nations; and
WHEREAS, a call by the people of Hawai`i for a peaceful resolution to any serious
conflict situation, not just this one, is in keeping with our islands' most treasured ideal, that of
"aloha"; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that it
urges the United States to seek a peaceful and diplomatic solution to reduce tensions in the
Korean Peninsula.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this
resolution to the Honorable Donald Trump, President of the United States of America; the
Honorable Kim Jong Un, Supreme Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea; the
Honorable Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State; the Honorable James Mattis, Secretary of Defense;
the Honorable Mazie Hirono, United States Senator; the Honorable Brian Schatz, United States
Senator; the Honorable Tulsi Gabbard, United States Congresswoman; the Honorable Colleen
Hanabusa, United States Congresswoman; the Honorable David Y. Ige, Governor of the State of
Hawai`i; and the Honorable Harry Kim, Mayor of the County of Hawai`i.
Dated at Kona , Hawai`i, this 18th day of October , 2017 •
CO-INTRODUCED BY:
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COUNCIL CHAIR, COUNTY OF HAWAII
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2LMEMBER, COYIOF HAWAI I
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawai`i AYES NOES ABS EX
Hilo, Hawai`i CHUNG X
DAVID X
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by EOFF X
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the KANUHA
County of Hawai`i on October 18, 2017 X
LEE LOY X
O'HARA X
ATTEST: POINDEXTER X
RICHARDS X
RUGGLES X
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Reference: C-537/Waived CREDO
COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON&PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. 363
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