Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/05/11
By: Elaine Hou and Ko Lin
Taipei, May 11 (CNA) Lawmakers from the Czech Republic and Peru have expressed
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their support for Taiwan to participate in the upcoming annual World Health Assembly (WHA), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Saturday.
In a letter addressed to World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Czech lawmakers asked that Taiwan not to be excluded from the world health body, saying it was unfair to deny Taiwan’s 23 million people access to the global disease prevention system.
“As health issues know no national borders, a concerted global effort is the only way to effectively ensure the health and welfare of people around the world,” they wrote.
Led by Marek Benda of the Czech Republic’s Civic Democratic Party, the letter was jointly signed by 54 other legislators. [FULL STORY]