Tuesday, May 12, 2020

World Health Organization Will Not Invite Taiwan To Observe An Upcoming Global Health Meeting

A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

The Hill: WHO says it cannot invite Taiwan to upcoming global health meeting

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) director-general does not have the power to invite Taiwan to observe an upcoming global health meeting, the organization’s legal representative said Monday, amid protests from China.

WHO principal legal officer Steven Solomon said Monday that “divergent views” among member states of the United Nations prevents Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus from extending an invitation to an outside country to participate in meetings of the international body.

“To put it crisply, director-generals only extend invitations when it's clear that member states support doing so, that director-generals have a mandate, a basis to do so,” Solomon said in a briefing with reporters.

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...


More cowardly suits caving in to china.
Quit paying the bums, DJT.

Anonymous said...

But wait, what IF the WORLD would vote on including Taiwan? Who is the WHO but the world? Why do they things we do not want?

Anonymous said...

WHO works for us but over a generation or 3 they come to see the position as their right, that they know better. They no longer are representatives but know better and are rulers.

Crusader said...

China, once again, keeps its firm hold on the dubious title of 'World's Most Hated Nation'.

Anonymous said...

and USA?