Ned Price, spokesman for the U.S. State Department.
The World Health Assembly (WHA) will be held next month. On Friday (April 30), a U.S. State Department spokesperson said that Taiwan should attend the World Health Assembly next month because of its contributions to global health.
The World Health Assembly will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 24. The current Communist virus pandemic continues to grow globally, and the epidemic has killed more than 3 million people worldwide so far.
State Department spokesman Ned Price tweeted Friday, “Taiwan’s excellent control of COVID-19 and its donations of personal protective equipment show its strong contribution to global health.”
“Taiwan has some of the world’s leading experts in the fight against this disease and we need to hear from Taiwan at the World Health Assembly.” Price wrote.
Since Tsai Ing-wen was elected president of Taiwan in 2016, the Chinese Communist authorities have repeatedly blocked Taiwan’s participation in the World Health Organization.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press release on its website Friday that the “#LetTaiwanHelp” global social media campaign launched by the U.S. Senate and House Foreign Affairs Committees has received widespread international attention and response from all sectors; from April 27 to 29, more than 50 countries and 250 members of Congress, parliamentarians and multinational corporations have joined the campaign. From April 27 to 29, more than 250 international friends, including parliamentary leaders, members of parliament, multinational parliamentary organizations and high-ranking officials, have responded enthusiastically. On Twitter and Facebook, the international community has been united in supporting Taiwan’s participation in the 74th World Health Assembly (WHA) this year (2021), and international friends have voiced their recognition of Taiwan’s effectiveness in combating Wuhan pneumonia (COVID-19). They also called for support for Taiwan’s participation in the WHA as an observer, to share Taiwan’s successful experience in fighting the epidemic and to contribute to the international community by taking advantage of Taiwan’s strengths.
The statement said that U.S. Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Asia-Pacific Subcommittee Chairman Ed Markey (D-MA) and Republican Ranking Member Mitt Romney (R-UT), U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Asia-Pacific Subcommittee Chairman Ami Bera (D-CA) and Republican Ranking Member Steve Chabot (R-OH), who initiated the campaign, have personally recorded a video recognizing Taiwan is a model for epidemic preparedness and can make significant contributions to the world. U.S. Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Republican Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID), House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Senate Armed Services Committee Republican Ranking Member James Inhofe (R-OK), and Acting Assistant Secretary for the Western Hemisphere Julie Chung of the U.S. Department of State also joined in solidarity with Taiwan. Julie Chung also joined in solidarity to support Taiwan’s participation in the WHA.
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