{"id":2833,"date":"2021-02-16T12:25:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T17:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-named-chair-of-congressional-executive-commission-on-china-2021\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:05:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:05:58","slug":"merkley-named-chair-of-congressional-executive-commission-on-china-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-named-chair-of-congressional-executive-commission-on-china-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley nombrado presidente de la Comisi\u00f3n Ejecutiva del Congreso sobre China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 El senador estadounidense por Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley, que forma parte del Comit\u00e9 de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado, anunci\u00f3 hoy que ocupar\u00e1 el cargo de presidente de la Comisi\u00f3n Ejecutiva del Congreso sobre China (CECC) durante los 117<sup>el<\/sup> Congreso.<\/p>\n<p>El Congreso estableci\u00f3 la CECC en 2000 para monitorear el cumplimiento por parte de China de los est\u00e1ndares internacionales de derechos humanos, alentar el desarrollo del estado de derecho en China y establecer y mantener una lista de v\u00edctimas de abusos de derechos humanos en China.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cLa relaci\u00f3n de Estados Unidos con China definir\u00e1 el mundo en los a\u00f1os venideros, y debemos garantizar que la defensa estadounidense de los derechos humanos y la democracia sea una pieza central de esa relaci\u00f3n\u201d. <b>dijo Merkley<\/b>. \u201cEn los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os, la CECC ha desempe\u00f1ado un papel clave informando y respondiendo a la represi\u00f3n de China contra la democracia en Hong Kong y al internamiento, la tortura y el genocidio de los musulmanes uigures. Es un honor para m\u00ed liderar el trabajo continuo de la CECC contra los ataques de China a los derechos humanos fundamentales, reforzando la cooperaci\u00f3n internacional para responsabilizar a China y garantizando que la pol\u00edtica estadounidense promueva la dignidad, las oportunidades y la libertad para todas las personas\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>El nombramiento se produce tras a\u00f1os de trabajo de Merkley en el Comit\u00e9 de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado y como comisionado de la CECC, que ha incluido el apoyo a manifestantes a favor de la democracia en Hong Kong. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/news\/press-releases\/merkley-announces-senate-passage-of-legislation-to-ban-export-of-crowd-control-munitions-to-hong-kong-2019\/\">prohibir la exportaci\u00f3n de municiones para el control de multitudes a Hong Kong<\/a>, y <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/news\/press-releases\/merkley-colleagues-introduce-bipartisan-resolution-to-designate-uyghur-human-rights-abuses-by-china-as-genocide-2020\/\">arrojar luz sobre el genocidio de los uigures y otras minor\u00edas \u00e9tnicas predominantemente musulmanas en la Regi\u00f3n Aut\u00f3noma de Xinjiang<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cada a\u00f1o, la CECC, compuesta por nueve senadores, nueve representantes y cinco altos funcionarios de la administraci\u00f3n, presenta un informe al Presidente y al Congreso para describir sus conclusiones. El informe 2020 est\u00e1 disponible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cecc.gov\/publications\/annual-reports\/2020-annual-report\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. &ndash; Oregon&rsquo;s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley&mdash;who serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee&mdash;announced today that he will serve as Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) for the 117th Congress. 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