The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) caucuses have each proposed motions on UN Resolution 2758 in the new legislative session that began yesterday.
The DPP caucus proposed a motion stating that “UN Resolution 2758 does not involve Taiwan” and that Beijing mischaracterized it to block Taiwan’s international participation.
The resolution mentions only China’s representation in the UN; it does not say it considers Taiwan to be part of China, nor does it authorize the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to represent Taiwan in the UN, the DPP said, adding that it is an undeniable fact that the resolution does not endorse the “one China” principle.
Photo: Lo Pei-de, Taipei Times
The Republic of China (ROC) is an independent country with sovereignty and is not subordinate to the PRC and vice versa, it said, adding that only the government elected by Taiwanese can represent Taiwan in the UN and other international entities.
Taiwan “firmly opposes China’s distortion of UN Resolution 2758, deterring Taiwan from taking part in international organizations such as the UN, and depriving the right of 23 million Taiwanese to join the international community,” the DPP caucus said. “China should immediately refrain from linking UN Resolution 2758 to its so-called ‘one China’ principle, as it would jeopardize cross-strait peace and stability, Indo-Pacific regional security and prosperity, and the rule-based international order.”
“The UN should apply the principle of universality as specified in the UN Charter and fulfill its promise to ‘leave no one behind’ by embracing Taiwan’s full participation as soon as possible,” it added.
The KMT caucus proposed a motion that said the ROC is a sovereign, independent country and a founding member state of the UN.
The resolution unjustly excludes the ROC from the UN and international participation, resulting in a long-standing lack of rights protection for Taiwanese internationally and the marginalization of the nation, it said.
“While the ROC and its people have the right to join the UN and other international organizations, the deterrence of their participation in these international entities is not only unfair and unjust to the nation and its people, but also a loss to the world,” the KMT said.
“Beijing should face the objective reality that the ROC exists and that the ROC Constitution stipulates the nation’s inseparable de jure sovereignty,” it said. “Both sides should promote cross-strait exchanges in accordance with the Act Governing Relations Between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area (兩岸人民關係條例) to maintain cross-strait stability and world peace.”
“The UN General Assembly should apply the principle of universality as specified in the UN Charter by embracing the ROC’s return and full participation as soon as possible,” the KMT caucus said.
The TPP caucus’ proposed motion said that historical and political entanglements between the ROC and the other side of the Taiwan Strait are persistent.
Taiwan’s international status has attracted global attention in recent years, it said, adding that based on the UN Charter, it should have been allowed broader international participation and its people should have enjoyed the right to participate internationally as people of other nations do, it said.
The government should “fight for meaningful participation in international organizations to broaden Taiwan’s international participation,” the TPP said.
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