MOFA Secretary-General Lily Hsu joined Filip Grzegorzewski, head of the European Economic and Trade Office in Taiwan, Jennifer Hendrixson White, Senior Policy Advisor to the US Mission to the UN and host, Director of the US German Marshall Fund’s Asia Program, Bonnie Glaser, for a discussion on “Ways Forward for Taiwan's Participation in International Organizations.”
The discussion ranged from the recent statements of support from around the world for Taiwan’s participation in the #WHO and bid to be an observer at the #WHA, to how Taiwan copes with its exclusion by going to extraordinary lengths to exchange information with technical experts from #LikeMindedCountries, despite the political obstacles put in its way, and how the international community can help #Taiwan in securing vaccines.
Secretary-General Hsu also pointed out that United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758, that recognized the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate representative of China to the United Nations, makes no mention of Taiwan, but is used to deny recognition of the Taiwanese passport, barring civic representatives from Taiwan access to UN meetings.
Both Grzegorzewski and Hendrixson White praised Taiwan’s handling of the #COVID19 pandemic and restated #US and #EU support for its inclusion in the #WHA, adding that they have worked with Taiwan to hold health forums, including the recent Global Cooperation and Training Framework (#GCTF) workshop on vaccines.
