Fifteen of Taiwan's diplomatic allies have put forward a motion at the UN urging the world body to deal with Taiwan's membership application according to established procedures, Taiwanese officials stationed in New York said on Wednesday.
The motion, which the allies said they hoped would be included on the agenda of the upcoming annual gathering of the UN General Assembly, was submitted on Tuesday by the ambassadors to the UN from Gambia, Swaziland and Tuvalu -- three of the motion's sponsors.
The other sponsors of the motion were Belize, Burkina Faso, Honduras, Kiribati, Malawi, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sao Tome and Principe, and the Solomon Islands.
PHOTO: LU CHUN-WEI, TAIPEI TIMES
The 62nd regular session of the General Assembly is scheduled to open on Sept. 18 at the UN headquarters in New York. The General Committee is expected to meet on Sept. 19 to finalize the agenda of the session.
Taiwan has tried without success to re-enter the UN since 1993. This year marks the first time it has changed tactics by bidding to join the world body under the name of "Taiwan" rather than "the Republic of China."
President Chen Shui-bian (
On July 31, Chen sent a second letter to Ban urging him to reconsider his decision and one to Wang Guangya (
Taiwan has strongly protested Ban's move, claiming that only the Security Council and the General Assembly have the authority to review and decide on membership applications and that the UN Secretariat does not have the power to decide on such matters.
Taiwanese officials have argued that Resolution 2758 neither grants China the right to represent Taiwan at the UN nor addresses the status of Taiwan.
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