Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/09/07
By: Chiu Chun-chin and William Ye 

Taipei, Sept. 7 (CNA) The Taiwan United Nations Alliance (TAIUNA) on Friday gathered a 23-member delegation to embark on a trip to New York to express Taiwan’s desire to join the United Nations (UN).

TAIUNA President Michael Tsai (蔡明憲) said in an interview at the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport prior to the team’s departure that the objective of the trip is to let United States authorities and the international community hear the calls of 84 percent of Taiwan’s citizens for it to join the United Nations.

Taiwan has tried without success to re-enter the U.N. since 1993, after losing its seat to the People’s Republic of China in 1971.    [FULL  STORY]