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Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 9 On the night of November 9, Beijing time, the resumption of the meeting of the 73rd World Health Assembly was broadcast by video. On the same day, the General Committee and the plenary of the resumption of the session approved decisions, respectively, rejecting the proposal to “invite Taiwan to participate in the WHO Assembly as an observer” presented by individual countries on the resumption agenda. of the session. This is after the World Health Assembly postponed the discussion of the Taiwan-related proposals in May this year, the World Health Assembly once again rejected the Taiwan-related proposals. This decision strongly upholds the dignity of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly and the World Health Assembly, and fully demonstrates that the one-China principle has become a universal consensus in the world. It is a popular and general trend that cannot be questioned.
In the context of the continuing spread of the new corona pneumonia epidemic globally, focusing on international cooperation against the epidemic is the common expectation of most member states for this conference. The DPP authorities and individual countries acted against the historical trend, violated UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 and WHO Resolution 25.1 and insisted on making proposals related to Taiwan, which fully set out their political purpose of interfere with the conference process and undermine international cooperation against the epidemic. The vast majority of countries strongly support the one-China principle, and many countries have written to the Director-General of the World Health Organization to express a fair position. WHO has rejected proposals related to Taiwan for many years. Facts have repeatedly shown that Taiwan-related proposals are unpopular and will surely meet strong opposition from the international community.
Ambassador Chen Xu, Permanent Representative of China in Geneva, stated in his speech that the proposals related to Taiwan violated the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter and violated the one-China principle confirmed by Assembly Resolution 2758. General of the UN and Resolution 25.1 of the WHO. They are illegal and illegal. Invalid. Taiwan’s participation in the World Health Assembly should be handled through cross-strait consultations in accordance with the one-China principle. The Taiwan DPP authorities stubbornly adhere to the position of “Taiwan independence” and refuse to acknowledge that both sides of the strait belong to one China. The political basis for Taiwan’s participation in the World Health Assembly no longer exists.
Chen Xu asserted that under the premise of the one-China principle, there is no obstacle for the Taiwan region to participate in global health affairs, including WHO technical activities, and obtain information. After the outbreak, the Chinese central government notified Taiwan more than 240 times about the epidemic and Taiwanese experts also participated in many WHO epidemic information exchanges and meetings. There is no so-called “gap in the international epidemic prevention system”.
Chen Xu emphasized that the World Health Assembly has long been determined on Taiwan-related issues, and individual countries that insist on submitting Taiwan-related proposals will only politicize health issues, interfere with the conference process, and they will harm the interests of the majority of WHO member states. Any attempt to create a conspiracy of division of “two Chinas” or “one China, one Taiwan” is doomed to failure.
