Urge Your Members of Congress to Co-sign the Congratulations Letter to President Chen!

United States House of Representatives currently are recruiting signatures for a letter to congratulate President Chen and Vice President Lu for their re-election victory. The letter will be sent out before the inauguration on May 20^th. Over 50 Members of Congress have co-signed the letter. Please contact your Members of Congress and urge them to co-sign the letter. We can not post the list of signatories thus far on our website, so contact us at 202-547-3686 to find out if your Representative has already signed the letter: May 17. For the petition letter, please click:

http://www.fapa.org/petition%20ltrs/CSB_INAUGURATION_SINGATURES.htm

Senate Unanimously Passes Bill Supporting Taiwans Observer Status in the WHO

On May 6, 2004 the Senate unanimously passed S2092 authorizing the Secretary of
State "to introduce a resolution in support of observer status for Taiwan at the
summit of the World Health Assembly."

FAPA President Ming-chi Wu states: "Given the fact that the language of S2092 is
stronger than the bill that was originally introduced in the House in February,
illustrates that the Congress is getting impatient with the lackluster actions
the State Department's has taken in support of Taiwan's WHO bid. The ball is in
the State Department's court now. Hopefully the State Department will not
disappoint Congress this year again."

For more information on FAPA WHO campaign, please click: http://www.fapa.org/who/index.html

Updates on Taiwan Caucus

The Congressional Taiwan Caucus of the U.S. House of Representatives has reached the magic number of 131 with the latest addition of Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD). For the most updated membership list, please click: http://www.fapa.org/TaiwanCaucus/members-alphabetical.html

The Senate Taiwan Caucus has also welcomed the newest addition  Senator Jim Talent (R-MO) being the 19^th caucus member. For the most updated membership list, please click: http://www.fapa.org/TaiwanCaucus/SENATE/index.html

Announcement of Upcoming Events

If you have not signed up for FAPAs dinner banquet in Taipei on May 22 celebrating President Chen and Vice President Lus reelection victory, we urge you to register now! President Chen, Vice President Lu, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mark Chen and Presidential Advisor Ming-min Peng (who were both FAPA presidents in FAPA's early days) will address the participants at the banquet. Please click www.fapa.org for detailed information.

The Formosan Association for Public Affairs (FAPA), established in 1982 in Los Angeles,  is a world-wide, Washington headquartered, non-profit organization whose goals include: (1)Promotes international support for the right of the people of Taiwan to establish an independent and democratic country, and to join the international community; (2)Advances the rights and interests of Taiwanese communities throughout the world;(3) Promotes peace and security for Taiwan