This year’s World Health Assembly (WHA) will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 27 May to 1 June. A senior US State Department official said at a think tank in Washington on the 29th that the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 did not issue. Taiwan.
Blue Moker: Beijing confuses WHA members
On the 29th, the Assistant Secretary of State for Asia and the Pacific in charge of China and Taiwan Affairs, Michael Blue, said at a conference of the German Marshall Fund, a think tank in Washington, that the epidemic of COVID- 19 has shown that Taiwan has been excluded from the WHA, which has had a negative impact on international welfare; Even if Taiwan performs well in dealing with the epidemic, it may not be able to participate in this month’s WHA as a spectator.
Lan Moke said it was Beijing that repeatedly used Resolution 2758 as an excuse to oppose Washington’s actions to support Taiwan’s meaningful international participation, which confused WHA members.
On October 25, 1971, the 26th General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the “restoration of the legitimate rights of the People’s Republic of China in the United Nations”, recognizing the representatives of the government of the People’s Republic of China as the only legitimate one. representatives of China in the United Nations, and added that Representative Chiang Kai-shek was expelled from the seat he illegally occupied in the United Nations Organization and all affiliated organizations .
Photo shows Chinese Foreign Minister Zhou Shukai announcing his withdrawal from the United Nations in 1971 and resigning from the podium. File photo of this newspaper
“This resolution does not include a sovereign decision on relations with Taiwan. “
Lan Moke said that Resolution 2758 does not affirm, is not the same as, and does not reflect the consensus of the one-China principle; Resolution 2758 does not include decisions by sovereigns of other countries regarding relations with Taiwan; Position of Nations on Taiwan’s final political status; Resolution 2758 does not exclude Taiwan’s meaningful participation in the United Nations system and other multilateral forums.
Lan Moke said that China erroneously used Resolution 2758 to exclude Taiwan from the international system, weakening Taiwan’s diplomatic relations, and influencing the jurisdictional decisions of official and non-official partners. -official.
The US State Department has been concerned about and rejected China’s claims about Resolution 2758 from time to time recently, Rosenberg, chairman of the American Institute in Taiwan, said in Taipei in January that the United States is very disappointed to see that the content. of UN Resolution 2758 misinterpreted and misinterpreted Used as a pressure tool against Taiwan. Two years ago, Deputy State Secretary Hua Ziqiang then said at the GMF conference that Taiwan was unable to participate in the General Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the WHA Resolution 2758.
Lan Mok reiterated that the United States supports Taiwan’s meaningful participation in non-jurisdictional international organizations, supports Taiwan’s meaningful participation in the WHA and ICAO, and will continue to adhere to the four recommendations in response to Resolution 2758.
Lan Mok also said that the United States’ one-China policy is not the same as the one-China principle, and the one-China policy of other countries is also different from the United States’ policy against unilateral changes in the status quo on all side of the cross-strait, does not support Taiwan independence, supports cross-strait dialogue, and looks forward to cross-strait differences Can be resolved peacefully, without conflict enforced, and in a condition suitable to the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
Our Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that this is the fifth time that the US government has faced the distortion of the UN General Assembly Resolution 2758, which fully shows the great concern of the US about China’s bad intentions. and thanks; Resolution 2758 only confirms the ownership of China’s representation in the United Nations. to represent Taiwan in the United Nations Therefore, this resolution is inconsistent with Taiwan has nothing to do with it.
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