The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) yesterday condemned Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi (王毅) for saying that UN Resolution 2758 “resolved the issue of the representation of the whole of China, including Taiwan, in the UN.”
The ministry said in a statement yesterday that neither the Republic of China (ROC) nor the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is subordinate to each other, which is the objective status quo in the Taiwan Strait and a fact acknowledged by the international community.
The statement came as a response to Wang’s speech at the General Debate of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly in New York on Saturday saying that Taiwan is “an inalienable part of China’s territory” and that it is both “the history and the reality.”
Photo: Lu Yi-hsuan, Taipei Times
The 26th session of the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 2758 with an overwhelming majority, he said.
Passed 76 to 35, with 17 abstentions, on Oct. 25, 1971, the text of Resolution 2758 recognizes “the representatives of the People’s Republic of China as the only legitimate representatives of China to the United Nations” and expels “the representatives of Chiang Kai-shek” (蔣介石).
Wang said the resolution restored all the rights of the PRC at the UN, recognized the representatives of the PRC government as the only legitimate representatives of China to the UN, and expelled forthwith the representatives of the Taiwan region from the UN and all the organizations related to it.
“Once and for all, the resolution resolved the issue of the representation of the whole of China, including Taiwan, in the UN,” he said.
The resolution made clear that there is no such thing as “two Chinas,” or “one China, one Taiwan,” he said, adding that “there is no gray zone or room for ambiguity” on this matter.
In Taipei, the ministry yesterday said UN Resolution 2758 does not mention Taiwan and neither stated that Taiwan is part of the PRC, nor authorized the PRC to prevent Taiwan from joining the UN system, so it did not resolve the issue of Taiwan’s representation in the UN.
“Only the government elected by the people of Taiwan can represent Taiwan in the UN and international organizations,” it said.
While calling on China to stop misleading the international community, the ministry also urged the international community to recognize China’s malicious intent of distorting UN Resolution 2758 to unilaterally change the “status quo” in the Taiwan Strait and fabricate a legal basis for invading Taiwan.
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