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The World Health Assembly on the 24th session of the 13 friends of the proposal called for Taiwan to participate

 2021年5月20日

The World Health Assembly (WHA) debuted on May 24, and so far 13 friendly countries have proposed to call for Taiwan to be invited to participate as an observer, but have not yet seen the proposal of Paraguay, whether to speak for Taiwan in other ways is concerned.

The 74th WHA will be held from May 24 to June 1, due to the 2019 coronavirus disease (CCP virus) epidemic has not stopped, the meeting was held by video, the World Health Organization (WHO) said, Taiwan can participate in the WHA as an observer depends on Member States, WHO Secretary-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus does not have the right to The decision.

Taiwan was not invited to participate in the WHA for the fifth consecutive year, but the friendly country recently wrote to Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to launch a proposal to support Taiwan.

According to WHO information, until May 20, including Belize, Swaziland, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Marshall Islands, Nonu, Nicaragua, Palau, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Tuvalu. St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Tuvalu have proposed to invite Taiwan to participate in the WHA as an observer.

Among Taiwan’s 15 friends, except for the Holy See, which is an observer, we have not yet seen a proposal from Paraguay, and it is unclear whether it will be in some other form for Taiwan.

After the WHO receives the proposal, it will be placed on the WHA supplementary agenda according to the rules of procedure, and will be considered by the WHA General Affairs Committee, at which time the Taiwan-supporting and China-supporting countries will speak separately, and the General Assembly will decide whether to include Taiwan in the agenda.

The WHA is the highest authority of the World Health Organization (WHO), which meets once a year to determine WHO’s policy direction. from 2009 to 2016, Taiwan was invited to participate in the WHA as an observer for eight consecutive years; however, due to the Chinese Communist Party’s suppression, Taiwan has not been invited to participate for five consecutive years since 2017.