SECRETIVE: The Taiwan United Nations Alliance declined to reveal the date of a planned protest outside the Chinese embassy in the US to avoid countermeasures
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 05, 2018
By: Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter
Lawmakers and the government yesterday threw their support behind the Taiwan United
Members and supporters of the Taiwan United Nations Alliance wave “UN for Taiwan” flags at a news conference in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Liu Hsin-de, Taipei Times
Nations Alliance, which is to send a delegation to the US to advocate Taiwan’s UN membership bid for the 15th consecutive year.
The delegation, which is to visit the US from Friday to Sept. 17, is to comprise of 23 members, 10 of whom are younger than 35.
It is to hold a series of events in Los Angeles, New York and Washington to rally support for Taiwan’s bid to join the UN, alliance president Michael Tsai (蔡明憲), who is to lead the delegation, told a news conference in Taipei.
The events would include a forum with Taiwanese expats in Los Angeles on Saturday and a campaign event at One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza near the UN headquarters building in New York on Friday next week, Tsai said. [FULL STORY]
