The World Health Organization (WHO) belongs to the whole world. It concerns itself with the health of all mankind. Taiwan is a member of the international community, and as such, its people are entitled to enjoy the same rights to good health as everyone else on Earth. There is no reason why we should be excluded. The truth of this principle is self-evident.
Premier Lin Chuan today denounced mainland China’s efforts to block Taiwan from participating in this year’s World Health Assembly (WHA), calling their actions highly regrettable, clearly unsatisfactory and globally irresponsible.
Titled “Second Chance,” the video was inspired by the true story of a girl who was brought to Taiwan at 13 months old to receive a liver transplant. Suffering from a potentially fatal ailment, the little girl was given a second chance at life through the successful operation carried out by a Taiwan medical team.
President Tsai Ing-wen is reminding the international community of the need for Taiwan to participate as an observer in the May 22-31 World Health Assembly—the decision-making body of the World Health Organization—via a series of tweets on her official Twitter account.
Legislator Hsiao Bi-khim (fifth right) and Syu Jhuan-cheng (second left), director of Eastern Taiwan Joint Services Center under the Executive Yuan, are joined by members of the New Southbound Policy Press Corps II at a dinner banquet organized by the MOFA’s Department of International Information Services April 15 in Hualien County, eastern Taiwan.
The Taiwan-Philippines Congressional Association was inaugurated April 18 in Taipei City, paving the way for increased bilateral collaboration and exchanges between the two nations’ lawmaking bodies.
During the event, Vice Minister Lee urged students from colleges and universities from around Taiwan to waste no time in signing up for this year’s edition of the MOFA-organized program themed New Taiwan Generation, New Southbound Vision.
Premier Lin Chuan attended the Overseas Community Affairs Council’s (OCAC) 2017 Job Fair for Southeast Asia today, saying Taiwan deeply values people-to-people exchanges with Southeast Asia. He hopes that Southeast Asians who work or study in Taiwan can take those experiences home and expand their ties with Taiwanese businesses there.
The ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be relaxing visa rules for visitors from countries covered by the New Southbound Policy starting June 1.
