On Friday, September 12th at the Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza which is across from the UN Headquarters, in New York representatives from the Taiwan United Nations Alliance or TAIUNA, an NGO from Taiwan, held a press conference urging the UN to include Taiwan in its system. TAIUNA Youth Representatives performed a dance, a white protest of Taiwan’s exclusion from the UN.
September is when the UN General Assembly takes place and delegates from TAIUNA have been coming to New York for the past twenty years to call for Taiwan’s membership in the UN. This year is the 80th anniversary of the United Nations and the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly. The General Assembly High-level Week runs from September 22-30th.
The following day, Saturday, September 13th was the UN for Taiwan rally and march which has been organized by the Taiwanese American Council of Greater New York since 1992.
The annual press conference and UN for Taiwan Rally are reminders of Taiwan’s long-standing isolation from the international community.
Related Links:
Taiwan United Nations Alliance (TAIUNA): http://www.taiwan-un-alliance.org.tw/brief-english.html
UNGA Resolution 2758 Factsheet: What You Need To Know: https://www.ipac.global/campaigns/unra-resolution-2758-factsheet-what-you-need-to-know
Taiwan Cites SARS in Bid to Join WHO (an article from the Washington Post): https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2003/05/10/taiwan-cites-sars-in-bid-to-join-who/d9840ee5-19d9-41e4-9eb5-b4748bc25f71/
An article on how Taiwan has been so successful in managing the Coronavirus written by Brian Bih-Jeng Chang and Tai-Yuan Chiu, Ready for a long fight against the COVID-19 outbreak: an innovative model of tiered primary health care in Taiwan: https://bjgpopen.org/content/early/2020/04/07/bjgpopen20X101068
Dr. Bo-Chheng Lin: Taiwan’s Semiconductor Industry and the Current Chip Shortage Ep 160: https://talkingtaiwan.com/dr-bo-chheng-lin-taiwans-semiconductor-industry-and-the-current-chip-shortage-ep-160/
UN Membership for Taiwan: A NYC Press Conference, Peace Truck, and a Rally Ep 292: https://talkingtaiwan.com/un-membership-for-taiwan-a-nyc-press-conference-peace-truck-and-a-rally-ep-292/