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US congressmen get behind UN bid

CONCERTED EFFORT US-based groups sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urging him to send the application to the Security Council and General Assembly

By Charles Snyder  /  Staff Reporter in Washington

Among the associations signing the letter were the World Taiwanese Congress, the World United Formosans for Independence-USA, the Formosan Association for Public Affairs, the Formosan Association for Human Rights, the Taiwanese Association of America and several Taiwanese professional, academic and Hakka organizations.

At the same time, several Taiwanese-American groups were planning rallies in support of Taiwan's bid to join the UN, one in Los Angeles yesterday while the others will be in Houston next Friday and New York next Saturday.

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