Taiwan Seeks Reversal of U.N. Exclusion, Warns about China

Taiwan is on a mission to reverse its exclusion at the United Nations and make clear to the world that the Chinese Communist Party’s bullying campaign can no longer be tolerated.

James Lee, director-general of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York and Taiwan’s de facto U.N. ambassador, discussed these plans in an interview with National Review ahead of next week’s U.N. General Assembly opening session. He explained that his country aims to “resolve the inappropriate exclusion of Taiwan’s 23 million people from the U.N. system,” by pressing for inclusion in U.N. meetings related to the organization’s Sustainable Development Goals and asking that Taiwanese nationals be allowed to enter U.N. premises. To date, China has apparently been successful in persuading the U.N. to bar anyone in possession of a Taiwanese passport from U.N. facilities.

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Taiwan is on a mission to reverse its exclusion at the United Nations and make clear to the world that the Chinese Communist Party’s bullying campaign can no longer be tolerated.

James Lee, director-general of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York and Taiwan’s de facto U.N. ambassador, discussed these plans in an interview with National Review ahead of next week’s U.N. General Assembly opening session. He explained that his country aims to “resolve the inappropriate exclusion of Taiwan’s 23 million people from the U.N. system,” by pressing for inclusion in U.N. meetings related to the organization’s Sustainable Development Goals and asking that Taiwanese nationals be allowed to enter U.N. premises. To date, China has apparently been successful in persuading the U.N. to bar anyone in possession of a Taiwanese passport from U.N. facilities.