End China’s Exclusion of Taiwan at U.N.

Since I arrived in New York in 2020, the world of international relations has witnessed a turbulent period. The international community is facing a critical time for managing global peace and stability, whether it comes to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine or China’s aggressive military posturing in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea.

In my capacity as director general of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York, I represent Taiwan in the tristate area. I am also the head of our U.N. Affairs Task Force, under which I am supposed to represent in the U.N. the rights and interests of our nation’s 23.5 million people. However, my job is complicated by the fact that Taiwan has been unjustly excluded from the U.N. and its specialized agencies, including the ongoing General Assembly in New York City.

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James K. J. Lee

James K. J. Lee is the ambassador and director-general of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York.

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Since I arrived in New York in 2020, the world of international relations has witnessed a turbulent period. The international community is facing a critical time for managing global peace and stability, whether it comes to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine or China’s aggressive military posturing in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea.

In my capacity as director general of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York, I represent Taiwan in the tristate area. I am also the head of our U.N. Affairs Task Force, under which I am supposed to represent in the U.N. the rights and interests of our nation’s 23.5 million people. However, my job is complicated by the fact that Taiwan has been unjustly excluded from the U.N. and its specialized agencies, including the ongoing General Assembly in New York City.