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Independence activists urge UN to accept Taiwan

Taiwanese independence activists yesterday appealed to the UN to extend membership to Taiwan on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the world body.

The Taiwan United Nations Alliance (TAIUNA), an organization advancing the nation's accession to the UN under the name "Taiwan," not the Republic of China, yesterday held a forum to commemorate the birthday of the UN, which was established on Oct. 24, 1945.

"The importance of the UN has been steadily on the increase as the affairs across the nation's boundaries are piling up along with the globalization trend," said Li Ming-juinn (李明峻), chief editor of the Japanese edition of Issues and Studies.

Lin Wen-cheng (林文程), from the Institute of Mainland China Studies at National Sun Yat-Sen University, called for a radical reform of the organization because many of the decisions it makes simply reflect the interests of a handful of powerful countries.

China's use of its veto in 1997 to block the council's proposal to send peacekeepers to Guatemala in retaliation for Guatemala's support of Taiwan's UN accession was a good example, Lin said.

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