The General Committee of the 62nd session of the UN General
Assembly decided on Wednesday not to include the so-called issue of
"Taiwan's participation in the United Nations," raised by the
Solomon Islands and a very few other countries, into the agenda of
the General Assembly.
Since 1993, the General Assembly has for the 15th consecutive
time thwarted Taiwan's attempt to join the world body composed of
sovereign states.
Addressing the session, Wang Guangya, Chinese permanent
representative to the United Nations, said that there is but one
China in the world and Taiwan has been an inalienable part of China
since ancient times, a fact that has been recognized by the United
Nations and the vast majority of countries around the world.
"The Taiwan question is purely an internal affair of China,"
Wang said. "It should be resolved by the Chinese people on both
sides of the Taiwan Straits."
"Although China is not yet reunited, the fact that both Taiwan
and the mainland belong to one and the same China has never been
changed," Wang stressed.
UN General Assembly Resolution 2758, adopted in 1971, explicitly
stipulates that the representatives of the government of the
People's Republic of China are the only legitimate representatives
of China in the United Nations, Wang said.
"This resolution has very clear political and legal meanings,"
the ambassador said. "It is based on the important prerequisite
that China is an integrated country and Taiwan is a part of China.
"
"The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization
composed only of sovereign states. As a region of China, Taiwan is
not entitled to apply for UN membership in whatever name," Wang
stressed.
"No one cares more about the prospect and interests of the 23
million Taiwan compatriots than the Chinese government. In
consistent adherence to the fundamental principle of 'peaceful
reunification and one country, two systems,' the Chinese government
has made every effort and worked with utmost sincerity to deliver
benefits to the compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Straits and
strive for the prospect of peaceful reunification," the ambassador
said.
"We sincerely hope that the two sides of the Taiwan Straits
would render mutual respect, cooperate for mutual benefit,
strengthen people-to-people contacts, enhance economic exchanges
and trade, and expand cooperation in all fields to work together to
build a beautiful homeland for people across the Straits," Wang
said.
He condemned the Chen Shui-bian authorities for deliberately
provoking cross-Straits confrontation and intensifying their
efforts to seek the so-called "constitutional reengineering," "
referendum on Taiwan's membership of the United Nations" and
pushing for "de jure Taiwan independence."
"The 'Taiwan independence' forces and their separatist
activities remain the biggest obstacle to cross-Straits relations
and constitute the biggest threat to peace and stability across the
Taiwan Straits and in the Asia-Pacific Region," Wang said.
He stressed that the 23 million Taiwan compatriots are part of
the 1.3 billion Chinese people.
"Any decision on issues concerning China's sovereignty and
territorial integrity must be jointly made by the 1.3 billion
Chinese people," Wang stressed. "It serves the fundamental and
long-term interests of the compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan
Straits to oppose and curb the 'Taiwan independence' forces and
their separatist activities and maintain peace and stability across
the Taiwan Straits."
(Xinhua News Agency September 20, 2007)