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Canadian Senate supports Taiwan's bid to join WHO

The Canadian Senate passed a motion Thursday that backs Taiwan's bid to join the World Health Assembly (WHA) as an observer.

Five Canadian senators who spoke during a Thursday session in support of the motion said disease control and health care transcended national boundaries and that the 23 million people of Taiwan were entitled to the basic health rights afforded by the World Health Organization (WHO), of which the WHA is the main decision-making body.

These rights should not be compromised nor should Taiwan be excluded from the WHO for political reasons, the senators said.
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