Taiwan is a beacon of democracy in the Indo-Pacific region, and it will continue to strengthen friendships with like-minded countries to jointly face future challenges, Representative to the US Alexander Yui (俞大?) said on Tuesday.
Yui made the comments at a Taiwan Friendship Night event, hosted by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) in New York, on the first day of the UN General Assembly’s General Debate.
More than 100 UN representatives and heads of state attended the event, TECRO said.
Photo courtesy of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York
The nation’s top diplomat to the US thanked like-minded countries for pushing for Taiwan’s meaningful participation in UN organizations and international bodies.
He added that Taiwan’s strategic location makes it a vital global shipping and international air transport hub.
Taiwan will continue to work with like-minded countries to achieve a better future, characterized by democracy, peace and sustainable prosperity, Yui said.
Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine pledged that her nation would continue to uphold the friendship between the two nations, adding that Taiwan has made meaningful and vital contributions to medicine and climate change, and has also been dedicated to implementing sustainable development goals.
Accepting Taiwan into world bodies would help the UN realize its goals of promoting universal human rights and its commitment to “leave no one behind,” Heine said.
Leaving no one behind is the unequivocal commitment of UN member states to achieve the world body’s 2030 sustainable development goals, hoping to eradicate all forms of poverty, end discrimination, and reduce inequalities that undermine the potential of individuals and of humanity as a whole.
Belizean Minister of Foreign Affairs Francis Fonseca, Eswatini Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Pholile Shakantu, Saint Kitts and Nevis Minister of Foreign Affairs Denzil Douglas, Saint Lucian Minister of External Affairs, International Trade and Civil Aviation Alva Baptiste, Tuvaluan Minister of Home Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Maina Talia, and Palauan House of Delegates member Blesoch Aderkeroi attended the event.
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