China Presses Taiwan’s Exclusion from WHO

On May 12, the U.S. faced the tragic milestone of 1 million deaths from Covid-19. Fifteen million lives have been lost worldwide from the pandemic. Disease knows no borders, making it crucial for the World Health Organization (WHO) to call for health for all and leave no one behind. As the world strives to move beyond Covid, now is the time to consider what was done right and what went wrong in order to draw meaningful lessons from this ongoing tragedy.

In particular, the world should take a closer look at the WHO, and moreover, Taiwan’s exclusion from it, including its annual World Health Assembly (WHA), which began its annual meeting this past Sunday.

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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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On May 12, the U.S. faced the tragic milestone of 1 million deaths from Covid-19. Fifteen million lives have been lost worldwide from the pandemic. Disease knows no borders, making it crucial for the World Health Organization (WHO) to call for health for all and leave no one behind. As the world strives to move beyond Covid, now is the time to consider what was done right and what went wrong in order to draw meaningful lessons from this ongoing tragedy.

In particular, the world should take a closer look at the WHO, and moreover, Taiwan’s exclusion from it, including its annual World Health Assembly (WHA), which began its annual meeting this past Sunday.