Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the WHO, answers questions at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland on Feb. 7, 2018.Canada, the United States and six major allies have told the World Health Organization that its ongoing exclusion of Taiwan has created a serious public health concern during the COVID-19 crisis.
While Canada does not recognize Taiwan’s sovereignty, it does maintain trade and cultural relations, and Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne has said the island’s presence as a non-state observer at this week’s meetings would help the pandemic fight. The letter calls Taiwan a capable and responsible player in the world’s health community, and says it has scientific and technical expertise “that could help save lives around the world.”The letter says it was “regrettable” that the WHO broke with its guiding principles by excluding Taiwan from the assembly.
Despite co-operation on health and trade since the pandemic’s outbreak, relations between Canada and China have been severely strained since the RCMP arrested Chinese high-tech scion Meng Wanzhou on an American extradition warrant in December 2018. “Had the WHO allowed Taiwan’s health experts to share information and best practices in early January, governments around the world could have had more complete information on which to base their public health policies.”
globepolitics How come I still see DrTedros s picture here......
globepolitics should allow California, Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland as members of WHO.
ElizabethMay globepolitics Another misleading headline. Taiwan fully participates in WHO day-to-day technical health communications. What is at stake is its presence in the administrative Assembly conference this week made of UN members (Taiwan not a UN member ) WHO explained this many times at press conf
globepolitics All because Mao Chinese believe Taiwan is part of China and thus, adhere to the CCP. Kind of like Quebec is only part of Canada if the adhere to the dictates of the federal government. Regions are part of a federation as a union of helpfulness and not dictatorial adherence. ...
globepolitics Kick this man out of WHO
globepolitics 'Canada' LOLOLOL PeterPanPM 🥔🎈🧦😍🤪🤡 MagicKingdom
globepolitics I'll take no shit for 800