Radio Taiwan International
Date: 12 August, 2019
By: Paula Chao

Taiwan’s foreign ministry is urging the United Nations to not debase the official name of Taiwan and face

up to the reality that Taiwan is not part of China. That was the word from Foreign Ministry spokesperson Joanne Ou on Monday.

Ou’s comments came after the UN on Sunday tweeted a list of countries that have legalized same-sex marriage. The tweet called Taiwan a “province of China”. The official name of Taiwan is the Republic of China.

Ou said it’s disappointing that the United Nations handled the matter by later removing the tweet instead of using the correct name to refer to the country.

Ou said the UN should face up to the reality that Taiwan and China are two independent entities and that only Taiwan’s elected government can represent the 23 million people of Taiwan.
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