The Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned China for its release of a position paper on United Nations Resolution 2758 Sept. 30, characterizing this as misleading the global community.
The document says that the resolution is an embodiment of the one-China principle, which the MOFA dismissed as a disguised intention to change the Taiwan Strait status quo and create a legal basis for military invasion. The resolution does not mention Taiwan, the ministry said, nor does it authorize China to represent Taiwan and its people in the U.N. and its specialized agencies.
According to the MOFA, the correct interpretations of Resolution 2758 are as follows: Firstly, the resolution has nothing to do with Taiwan and it does not preclude Taiwan from participating in the U.N. mechanisms and other multilateral fora. Secondly, China’s deliberate misuse of the resolution to isolate Taiwan is contradictory to U.N. Charter universal principles. Thirdly, ROC (Taiwan) and China are not subordinate to each other, nor has China ever ruled Taiwan. Only Taiwan’s own democratically elected government can represent the country in U.N. mechanisms and other international organizations.
The ministry further noted that the Treaty of San Francisco, which is legally binding, does not stipulate the handover of Taiwan to China. Taiwan has undergone democratic transformation since the mid-1980s and held the first direct presidential election in 1996. Since then, elections for central government and legislators have been implemented with peaceful change of administrations in 2000, 2008 and 2016.
The country’s democratic system has continued to strengthen and reflects citizens’ determination to pursue democracy and freedom. As a responsible member of global society, the administration will encourage like-minded partners to counter China’s false narrative and jointly advance security and prosperity across the Taiwan Strait and in the Indo-Pacific region, the ministry concluded. (POC-E)
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