Taiwan's high-ranking officials in Geneva yesterday continued their intensive lobbying efforts with health ministers mainly from countries that do not have diplomatic ties with Taiwan, as well as with the international press.On Tuesday, Lee met with health ministers from Slovakia, the Czech Republic and other countries.
He declined to identify which countries are on Taiwan's priority list as far as future lobbies are concerned.
Meanwhile, Taiwan's diplomatic allies continued to voice their support for Taiwan's WHO bid during the WHA meetings. Four countries, the Marshall Islands, St. Kitts, Palau and Liberia, spoke in favor of Taiwan's bid during the round table meeting on Tuesday.
Health ministers from Costa Rica and Dominica Commonwealth also voiced their support during the general discussion yesterday morning, sources said.
Officials yesterday leaked a protest letter written to a US company with regards to the unexpected removal last Saturday of Taipei's publicity posters in the international arrival area of the Geneva International Airport.
The Information Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York signed a contract with the US-based Poster Publicity Incorporated to display 24 posters in the Swiss airport until June 2.
"A simple refund for the cost of this advertising project is not sufficient," the letter said, addressed to the PPI President Steven Ridley, saying Taipei had obtained the necessary approvals and permission from Swiss authorities for the ads.
"The display should be reinstated right away and my office should be compensated for this breach of contract. We also require a formal letter from PPI with a complete explanation of how and why our display was removed," wrote William J. Yih, director of the information division in Taipei's representative office in New York.
"Legal action against PPI may be forthcoming if the steps necessary to resolve this problem are not taken immediately," the letter stated.
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