Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/05/21
By: Tang Pei-chun, Tai Ya-chen, Joseph Yeh and Evelyn Kao

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar (front) (Photo taken from witter.com/secazar)

Geneva, May 20 (CNA) The United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom spoke out for Taiwan during the first day of the World Health Assembly (WHA) in support of its participation in the annual meeting.

This year’s WHA opened in Geneva on Monday, with Taiwan blocked from participating by Beijing for the third consecutive year.

A late proposal by 14 of Taiwan’s diplomatic allies to invite Taiwan to participate in the WHA, the World Health Organization’s decision-making body, also failed to make it onto the agenda for discussion after two-on-two debates.

Those setbacks led a few countries to voice direct and indirect support for Taiwan during the assembly later in the day.    [FULL  STORY]