China Resolutely Opposes Proposal for Taiwan Participation in UN

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China Resolutely Opposes Proposal for Taiwan Participation in UN

China expressed Friday strong indignation and resolute opposition to a proposal by a small number of countries for so-called "Taiwan representation in the United Nations".

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China expressed Friday strong indignation and resolute opposition to a proposal by a small number of countries for so-called "Taiwan representation in the United Nations".

On Aug. 6, Gambia and a few other countries wrote to the UN Secretary General, requesting that the question of representation of Taiwan in the United Nations be discussed by the 58th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations."China is vehemently indignant at the proposal and determinedly opposes Gambia and other countries' interference in China's internal affairs and the violation of Chinese sovereignty and territorial integrity," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan said.

Since 1993, the General Committees of each session of the UN General Assembly had refused for ten consecutive years to include the so-called question of Taiwan's participation in the United Nations on their agenda, Kong said.

"That shows the international community shares a consensus on this issue," he said.

Firstly, the consensus is that there is only one China in the world. Taiwan, as part of China, has no qualification, in any name or any form, to join the United Nations which is composed of sovereign countries, the spokesman said.

Secondly, the 26th session of the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 2758 in 1971, which resolved the issue of China's representation in the United Nations in terms of politics, law and procedure once and for all, Kong said.

"The UN Charter and resolution must be respected and maintained," Kong said, noting that the latest proposal is doomed to be rejected again.

"The 23 million Taiwan compatriots are our brothers and sisters, and the reunification of the motherland and the revival of the Chinese nation is the common aspiration of all Chinese people," Kong said.

All Chinese people, including the compatriots in Taiwan, will never allow any activities in the international society to separate the motherland by forging "two Chinas" or "one China, one Taiwan", Kong said.

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