Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung discusses how Taiwan Can Help achieve the World Health Organization’s vision of Health For All.
Stepping foot on the rooftop of the Hong-Gah Museum on a clear day, the outlines of Mt. Danfeng, Mt. Qixing, Mt. Datun, Battleship Rock, and even that stronghold of local arts, Taipei National University of the Arts, are all visible. On the Guandu Plain in Taipei’s Beitou District, where the museum is situated, a wide road splits the landscape into an endless expanse of fields to one side and a forest of metal factories and homes to the other.
Premier Su Tseng-chang on Thursday called for responsible ministries and agencies to work urgently to identify people and businesses deserving of government relief, and prepare in advance the necessary approvals and paperwork, in order to leap into action at the earliest opportunity.
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.
