‘TROUBLED’: The group of US representatives expressed concern over the need for a ‘cross-strait understanding,’ which has allowed China to veto Taiwan’s participation
Taipei Times
Date: May 19, 2019
By: Staff writer, with CNA, WASHINGTON
Heavyweight US lawmakers on Friday called on the WHO to invite Taiwan to attend this
The WHO logo sits on the organization’s headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, on Tuesday. Photo: Bloomberg
year’s World Health Assembly (WHA), its decisionmaking body.
US representatives Steven Chabot, Gerry Connolly, Mario Diaz-Balart and Albio Sires — cochairs of the Congressional Taiwan Caucus in the US House of Representatives — sent a joint letter to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to urge the global health organization to include Taiwan in the 72nd session of the WHA.
This year’s assembly is scheduled to open tomorrow in Geneva, Switzerland, and run through May 28.
Taiwan was not invited to attend the meeting, as China again opposed its participation due to Taipei’s refusal to accept Beijing’s “one China” principle. [FULL STORY]
