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Taiwan not eligible for WHO member: FM
www.chinanews.cn 2006-05-20 17:18:05
(Source: Xinhua)
BEIJING, May 19 - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said
Friday that Taiwan is not eligible to become a member or observer of the
World Health Organization (WHO).
"The WHO is a special institution of the United Nations, which can be
joined in only by sovereign states," Liu said.
China is a WHO member state, and Taiwan is part of China. Taiwan is not
eligible to become a WHO member or observer, he added.
The World Health Assembly has for nine consecutive times rejected the
proposals schemed by a small number of countries to make Taiwan attend
the assembly as an observer, Liu said.
"It indicates that the international community has a definite and
extensive consensus on this issue," the spokesman said.
China's central government has valued and safeguarded the health welfare
of the Taiwan people and made efforts to promote health exchanges across
the Taiwan Straits, Liu said.
In 2005, the Ministry of Health and the WHO Secretariat signed a
memorandum of understanding on Taiwan health and medical experts'
participation in WHO technical activities. Over the past year, Taiwan
health and medical experts have for several times attended WHO technical
activities, he said.
There are channels for Taiwan to acquire health technology information,
and there are no "loopholes" in international disease prevention and
control, Liu said.
While putting forward Taiwan-related proposals at the world health
assemblies, the Taiwan authorities actually conducted political moves
with the excuse of health issues in an effort to serve the "Taiwan
independence" secessionist activities, Liu said.
"Such a political attempt will not succeed," the spokesman said.
A Taiwan-related proposal was put forward at the ongoing World Health
Assembly in Geneva.
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