The Taiwan United Nations Alliance (TAIUNA) is to hold a news conference on UN Resolution 2758 in New York for the upcoming UN General Assembly, the non-governmental organization said yesterday.
Even though the resolution — passed in 1971 to recognize the People’s Republic of China as the sole legitimate representative of China — does not mention Taiwan, it has been misinterpreted to deny Taiwan’s participation in the UN, the group said.
TAIUNA executive director Huang Shu-chun (黃淑純) is to lead a delegation to New York and Washington, which is to depart on Thursday and is to stay until Sept. 20, the group said.
Photo: Lo Pei-de, Taipei Times
Former minister of national defense Michael Tsai (蔡明憲) would join the delegation as an honorary adviser, along with Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Ngalim Tiunn (張雅琳).
In New York and Washington, TAIUNA would hold an international news conference on Resolution 2758, participate in a Keep Taiwan Free march, visit the Washington DC Taiwanese School and attend a forum on Taiwan’s democracy cohosted by the Hudson Institute and the Washington Times, association executive director Chou Te-wang (周德望) told a news conference in Taipei yesterday.
Speakers at the forum are to include former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo, Hudson Institute president and CEO John Walters, Washington Times chairman Tom McDevitt and Miles Yu (余茂春), a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute’s China Center and a former China policy adviser to Pompeo during the administration of former US president Donald Trump.
In the lead-up to the 79th General Assembly, which opens today in New York, TAIUNA chairman Lin Yet-min (林逸民) sent an open letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stating that Taiwan’s desire for UN membership has been unfairly hindered due to the UN’s misinterpretation of Resolution 2758, the group said.
The resolution does not mention Taiwan or its sovereignty, and does not state that it is a part of China, the group said.
TAIUNA calls on the UN to review the resolution and support Taiwan’s entry to the UN as a formal and independent member state.
Tsai additionally demanded on behalf of TAIUNA that the US Congress and the UN hold formal hearings on the resolution.
While the process continues, Taiwan and its democratic partners should appeal to the global community to ensure that interpretations of Resolution 2758 are consistent with legal norms and the UN principle of equal rights and self-determination, he said.
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