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Taiwan to ask countries to support its U.N. inclusion as assembly nears

ROC Central News Agency

09/06/2022 02:09 PM

Taipei, Sept. 6 (CNA) Taiwan's government will again ask its diplomatic allies and like-minded countries to voice support for the nation's inclusion in the United Nations system, as the annual U.N. General Assembly is set to kick off next week, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Tuesday.

MOFA Secretary-General Lily Hsu (徐儷文) said the ministry had continued to ask these friendly nations to speak up during the upcoming General Assembly and send a letter to U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres during the upcoming 77th session of the General Assembly.

Hsu made the comment when announcing MOFA's campaign for U.N. participation this year in the runup to the annual event, which will take place from Sept. 13 to 27 at U.N. headquarters in New York.

According to Hsu, the theme for the 77th session is "A watershed moment: transformative solutions to interlocking challenges."

Taipei's main appeals are to demand the international organization resolve the exclusion of Taiwan's 23 million people from the U.N. system so that "no one will be left behind" and to allow Taiwan to jointly work with countries around the world in facing global challenges.

As part of the campaign to promote Taiwan's appeal to the international community, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) has published an op-ed entitled "Working as one for the global good," in international media, Hsu said.

The article calls on the international community to condemn Chinese military coercions that destabilize regional peace and security while urging the world to accept Taiwan as a trustworthy partner, she said.

The ministry also released a short film entitled "Taiwan's Helping Hand," calling attention to Taiwan's contributions to global efforts related to the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, supply chains and human rights.

A number of side events launched by Taiwan's representative office in New York, where the U.N. headquarters is based, have been or will be held during the assembly to promote Taiwan's inclusion in the U.N. system, she added.

A delegation of Taiwanese lawmakers will also visit New York to advocate for Taiwan's U.N. inclusion, which will mark the first time that Taiwanese lawmakers have visited the city since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic caused a two-year hiatus in the annual visits.

Taiwan, officially called the Republic of China, left the U.N. in 1971 when the People's Republic of China took its place, and has since been excluded from its special agencies.

(By Joseph Yeh)

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