The Taiwan’s government push for UN participation in 2024 is based on the main demand to refute the distortion and misuse of UNGA Resolution 2758.
In this regard, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stressed at the general debate of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York that Resolution 2758 completely solves the issue of the representation of all China, including Taiwan, in the United Nations, and there is no gray area and no room for ambiguity.
In this regard, the Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) solemnly refuted and demanded that China should stop misleading the international public on 29th Sept.
The Taiwan’s MOFA said a few days ago that China’s three major demands for the proposal this year, including the malicious distortion of UNGA Resolution 2758, have posed a serious threat to the status quo in the Taiwan Strait and peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region, and the United Nations should face it squarely and take positive action.
Moreover, General Assembly resolution 2758 does not preclude Taiwan’s participation in the United Nations system, and the United Nations should seek appropriate ways to include Taiwan’s participation in order to facilitate Taiwan’s contribution to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In addition, the United Nations Secretariat should exercise strict neutrality and refrain from invoking General Assembly Resolution 2758 and unduly denying our people and the media the right to visit, attend or cover meetings and events at the United Nations.
According to the website of the Chinese Foreign Ministry on 29th Sept, at the general debate of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Foreign Minister Wang Yi specifically mentioned the Taiwan issue.
‘Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory, which is both history and reality.’ he said, ‘The “Cairo Declaration” and the “Potsdam Proclamation” clearly stipulate that the Chinese territories stolen by Japan, including Taiwan and the Penghu Islands, should be returned to China, constituting an important part of the post-World War II international order.’
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Taiwan solemnly condemned this on the 29th.
The Taiwan’s MOFA reiterates that the non-subordination of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and the People’s Republic of China is the objective status quo in the Taiwan Strait and a fact recognized by the international community.
General Assembly resolution 2758 does not mention Taiwan, nor does it recognize Taiwan as part of the People’s Republic of China, still less authorize the People’s Republic of China to represent Taiwan in the United Nations, and the resolution has nothing to do with Taiwan, let alone resolve the issue of Taiwan’s representation in the United Nations.
The Taiwan’s MOFA once again stressed that only Taiwan’s democratically elected government can represent Taiwan in international organizations such as the United Nations and other international arenas.
The Taiwan’s MOFA called on China to stop misleading the international community, and also called on the international community to face up to China’s evil intention of unilaterally changing the status quo in the Taiwan Strait by distorting UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 and creating a legal basis for future armed aggression against Taiwan, and actively take countermeasures to jointly safeguard the status quo of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and the rules-based international order.
政府推動2024年參與聯合國的計劃，主要目的是反駁聯合國大會第2758號決議的扭曲和誤用。中國外交部長王毅在紐約聯合國總部出席第79屆聯合國大會一般性辯論時強調，該決議已經徹底解決了包括台灣在內的全中國在聯合國的代表權問題，並不存在任何灰色地帶或模糊空間。對此，我國外交部於29日發表聲明，嚴正駁斥中國的說法，並要求中國停止誤導國際輿論。
外交部指出，今年我國提出的三大訴求包括：聯大第2758號決議遭到惡意扭曲，這對台海現狀及印太地區的和平穩定構成了嚴重威脅，聯合國應予以重視並採取行動；該決議並未排除台灣參與聯合國體系，聯合國應尋求適當方式接納台灣的參與，以促進台灣對「永續發展目標」（SDGs）的貢獻；此外，聯合國秘書處應保持中立，停止錯誤引用聯大第2758號決議，並不得不當剝奪我國人民及媒體參加聯合國會議和活動的權利。
根據中國外交部網站29日的消息，王毅在第79屆聯合國大會一般性辯論中強調台灣問題，指出「台灣是中國領土不可分割的一部分，這是歷史和現實的事實。」他提到「開羅宣言」和「波茨坦公告」明確規定將日本竊取的中國領土，包括台灣和澎湖列島，歸還中國，這是二戰後國際秩序的重要組成部分。
對此，我國外交部於29日發表嚴正譴責，重申中華民國（台灣）與中華人民共和國互不隸屬的事實是台海的客觀現狀，也是國際社會普遍認可的事實。聯大第2758號決議並未提及台灣，也未確認台灣是中華人民共和國的一部分，更未授權中華人民共和國在聯合國代表台灣，因此該決議與台灣無關，並未解決台灣在聯合國的代表權問題。外交部再次強調，只有台灣的民選政府才能在聯合國及其他國際組織中代表台灣。
外交部呼籲中國停止誤導國際輿論，並敦促國際社會正視中國通過扭曲聯大第2758號決議單方面改變台海現狀的行為，這種行為可能為未來的武力侵台提供法律基礎，並呼籲共同維護台海的和平穩定及基於規則的國際秩序。
