May 28, 2024

A Chinese envoy to the United Nations said the World Health Organization's decision not to invite Taiwan region to the organization's annual assembly in Geneva proves that seeking "Taiwan independence" is a dead end and any move to undermine the one-China principle is doomed a failure.

The World Health Assembly (WHA), the highest decision-making body of the WHO, decided on Monday not to include in its agenda a proposal on Taiwan region's participation in the annual assembly as an observer. This is the eighth consecutive year that the WHA has rejected the Taiwan-related proposal.

Chen Xu, permanent representative of China to the UN Office in Geneva and other international organizations in Switzerland, said in a statement on Monday that China's position on Taiwan region's participation in the WHA is consistent and clear. The issue must be handled under the one-China principle, which is also a fundamental principle endorsed in the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Resolution 2758 and WHA Resolution 25.1.

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