The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) has initiated a promotional series titled “WHA Countdown” on Facebook to express its support for Taiwan’s participation in the upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA). "The U.S. firmly believes Taiwan has a role to play in global health and should be invited to observe the World Health Assembly (WHA) later this month," the AIT, the U.S. de facto embassy in Taiwan, said on its Facebook page on Friday.
Taiwan’s Minister of Health and Welfare Shih-Chung Chen and Secretary Alex Azar II of the United States Department of Health and Human Services held a bilateral virtual meeting at 8:00 p.m. on April 27, Taiwan time (8:00 a.m. April 27, Eastern Standard Time).
A short film spotlighting how Taiwan Can Help achieve the World Health Organization’s goal of Health For All was released April 23 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The four-minute video documents how Taiwan’s high-quality medical care gave a new lease on life to a Guamanian man with injury-induced spinal and hip deformities. Shot entirely on location, the production is subtitled in Chinese, English, French, German, Indonesian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Thai and Vietnamese.
At a time when the COVID-19 is spreading around the world and the joint efforts by the government and the people of Taiwan in pandemic prevention and various foreign aid initiatives have garnered international praise, MOFA is today releasing an all-new short film, ‘Looking Up Again,’ showcasing Taiwan’s high-quality medical care to the international community, spreading the message that “Taiwan can help and Taiwan is helping” when it comes to global public health.
Vice President Chen Chien-jen was recently interviewed by The New York Times and responded to questions regarding issues such as Taiwan’s efforts to fight the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), international cooperation to fight the pandemic, and Taiwan’s participation in the World Health Organization (WHO). The New York Times published segments of the interview on April 22.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan) expresses strong dissatisfaction over the World Health Organization Secretariat’s press conference on April 15, at which it responded to Taiwan’s efforts to participate in WHO by erroneously citing UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 and World Health Assembly Resolution 25.1 and misleadingly claiming that Taiwan and WHO share good and extensive interactions.
Following the publication of a large advertisement in the New York Times calling for Taiwan’s participation in the World Health Organization, which a group of Taiwan nationals had submitted of their own accord, the WHO Secretariat issued a 13-point statement on April 15 in response to media inquiries. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs commends WHO for beginning to acknowledge Taiwan’s existence and showing willingness to publicly discuss the issue of Taiwan’s participation in the organization.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan) expresses profound regret and strong protest regarding the false accusations against our government made by World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and solemnly declares the following.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan) announced today that Taiwan will donate 10 million face masks to the United States, European Union member states and other European nations, and diplomatic allies to support medical personnel in containing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which has spread around the world and affected the aforementioned countries particularly hard.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan) took notice when the World Health Organization Secretariat issued a statement on March 29 recognizing the success of Taiwan’s epidemic prevention and containment measures and acknowledged the importance of Taiwan in the global fight against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, MOFA regrets that the WHO statement fails to present the full facts.
