Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Saturday (Nov. 14) that the rampant neo-crown epidemic this year has made the international community more aware of the need for Taiwan to seek to join the global cooperation mechanism for disease prevention, and international support for Taiwan’s participation in the World Health Assembly (WHA) has reached a new peak, the ministry said, expressing its sincere gratitude.
In a news release on its official website on Saturday, Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that 14 Taiwan’s friendly nations proposed inviting Taiwan to attend the WHO Assembly in May this year as an observer. The proposal was discussed at the WHO General Assembly, which resumes on Nov. 9, and Taiwan’s friendly nations made an impassioned speech strongly affirming Taiwan’s achievements in the fight against the epidemic, while friendly nations and countries with similar beliefs continued to strongly support Taiwan’s participation in the WHO at the meeting, which was touching.
The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Andrew Bremberg, released a three-minute video for the first time at the same time that Taiwan’s allies were debating Taiwan’s proposal, urging WHO Secretary General Douglas Tham, in accordance with past practice, to invite Taiwan to participate in the WHO General Assembly as an observer, Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a news release that both the United States and Japan made explicit mention of Taiwan in their statements at this resumed session, and in addition, the U.S., Japanese, British, Australian, Canadian and French agencies in Taiwan took the initiative to tandemly post their support for Taiwan’s participation in the WHA on the first day of the resumed session to openly assist Taiwan.
The plea to support Taiwan’s participation in the WHO has also been supported by senior figures from many countries. This includes former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, current Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar, French Foreign Minister Jean-Pierre Le Drian, and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. -The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Taiwan has also publicly reaffirmed its support for Taiwan, as have the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden, and the Deputy Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Germany and the United Kingdom, among others.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that more than 1,700 parliamentarians from more than 80 countries support Taiwan’s efforts to participate in the WHO, a nearly two-fold increase from the 600-plus parliamentarians from various countries who gave their support in May this year, showing that the “Taiwan model” of epidemic prevention is widely recognized internationally.
Taiwan’s effective control and handling of the neo-crowning epidemic in its early stages has resulted in an almost complete return to normal life for the Taiwanese people, and Taiwan’s achievements in fighting the epidemic have won international acclaim. Although Taiwan’s friendly nations raised their voices for Taiwan’s relay at the WHO World Health Assembly, member states rejected the proposal, and the President of the Assembly finally ruled that the proposal would not be included in the agenda, and Taiwan was ultimately denied entry to the WHO World Health Assembly.
In response to this further setback to Taiwan’s proposal, the Chinese official said that this shows that the “one-China principle” is an international norm, that the “one-China principle” cannot be shaken, and that a proposal involving Taiwan is unpopular. Taiwan said that China is using political factors to prevent Taiwan, which has done the best in epidemic prevention, from contributing its experience and wisdom to the world, which is not only suppressing Taiwan but also damaging to the world, fully proving that the Chinese Communist Party puts political considerations above health.
Taiwan’s Central Epidemic Command Center released data on the new coronavirus epidemic, showing that as of Saturday (Nov. 14), there were a total of 600 confirmed cases in Taiwan, 508 of which were imported from abroad, with seven deaths among the confirmed cases.
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