The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) is to propose a motion stating that “the Republic of China (ROC) opposes UN Resolution 2758 in the first place” in the new legislative session, KMT lawmakers said yesterday, accusing the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) of “ideological manipulation.”
While the DPP caucus said it would propose a motion stating that “UN Resolution 2758 does not involve Taiwan,” the KMT believes the motion would jeopardize the national interests of the ROC, as it excludes Taiwan from the nation’s territory, KMT legislators Niu Hsu-ting (牛煦庭), Huang Chien-hao (黃健豪) and Jonathan Lin (林沛祥) said.
To defend the ROC’s sovereign status as an independent nation they would table another motion to reiterate that the nation neither admits nor accepts the view reflected in UN Resolution 2758, the legislators said.
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UN member states should permit the ROC’s meaningful participation in the UN in accordance with the UN Charter’s principle of universality to facilitate the rights and benefits of the 23.5 million people in Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, they said.
The KMT legislators also urged President William Lai’s (賴清德) administration to promote the nation’s meaningful participation in the UN and other international organizations, as well as restore diplomatic relations with Taiwan-friendly nations.
US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell on Wednesday at a congressional hearing in Washington said he agreed that China mischaracterized UN Resolution 2758 by claiming it said “Taiwan is part of China” and it has no legal grounds to join the UN.
Campbell’s remarks were his first on the issue of UN Resolution 2758. He joined the Australian Senate and the Dutch House of Representatives in voicing support for Taiwan with regard to the resolution.
DPP caucus secretary-general Rosalia Wu (吳思瑤) yesterday said she had informed Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) about the motion and handed a statement to the whips of each caucus prior to the cross-party negotiations, adding that the DPP hopes to negotiate a statement that is acceptable to all parties.
The motion should represent the voices of each party in addition to the DPP, she said.
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