China opposes bill on so-called "Taiwan's entry into UN", says FM spokesperson
16/8/2007 16:48
China stands firmly opposed to the bill on listing of the so-called
"Taiwan's entry into the United Nations" issue on the agenda of the 62nd General
Assembly of the United Nations.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jiang
Yu made the remarks in Beijing today morning in response to a letter on the
issue.
The letter was presented on August 14 evening (New York time) to
President Haya Rashed al Khalifa of the 61st UN General Assembly by a very small
number of countries including the Solomon Islands and Malawi which were
encouraged by the Taiwan authorities.
Jiang said Taiwan has been an
inalienable part of the Chinese territory since ancient times, and both the
Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation confirmed China's sovereignty
over Taiwan.
She noted that the UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 adopted
in 1971stipulated clearly that the government of the People's Republic of China
is the sole legitimate representative of China in the United Nations.
More
than 160 countries in the world have diplomatic ties with China and they all
recognize the fact that there is only one China and Taiwan is part of China,
continued Jiang.
She noted that only sovereign states can, in line with the
UN Charter, the Provisional Rules of Procedure of the Security Council and the
Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly, apply for membership in the United
Nations.
Taiwan, as part of China, is unqualified to "join", in any name, the
United Nations which is composed of sovereignty states, Jiang pointed
out.
She said the UN General Committee, since 1993, refused to list issues
concerning Taiwan on the UN General Assembly agenda in 14 years, which fully
demonstrated that any action that runs counter to the UN Charter and the
Resolution 2758, and any attempt aimed at splitting China are unpopular,
impossible to win support from the vast majority of the UN member states and
doomed to failure.
xinhua
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