Taiwan Today
Date: May 20, 2019
MOHW Minister Chen Shih-chung (left, third from bottom) discusses key issues with St. Lucia’s Health Minister Mary Isaac (right, second from top) during a meeting May 19 in Geneva. (MOFA)
A reception was hosted May 19 by Taiwan’s representative office in Geneva to promote the need for the country to participate in the activities, mechanisms and meetings of the World Health Organization.
Attended by Health Minister Chen Shih-chung and the visiting Taiwan delegation, the event also involved counterparts and officials from allies Belize, Guatemala, Haiti, Holy See, Honduras, Kingdom of Eswatini, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Nicaragua, Palau, Paraguay, Solomon Islands, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and Grenadines and Tuvalu.
Prior to Chen’s departure for the Swiss metropolis, which is hosting the 72nd World Health Assembly May 20-28, he took part in a joint news conference with Foreign Minister Jaushieh Joseph Wu May 17 in Taipei City.
The pair expressed strong discontent with Taiwan’s noninvitation to the annual meeting of the decision-making body of the WHO, and highlighted the many ways in which Taiwan Can Help realized the U.N. agency’s primary objective of Health For All. [FULL STORY]
