WASHINGTON: The US Senate passed a Bill late on Thursday calling on the State Department to submit a plan to help Taiwan regain its observer status at the World Health Organization, one of several US bids to boost Taiwan as it faces pressure from Beijing.
Taiwan is excluded from most global organisations such as the WHO, the UN health agency, because of the objections of China, which considers the island one of its provinces and not a separate country. The legislation, passed by unanimous consent, was sponsored by Senators Bob Menendez, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jim Inhofe, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee."The US must continue to stand by Taiwan, and do more to reaffirm our support for our ally’s international engagement," Menendez said in a statement on Friday.
The measure directs the Secretary of State to establish a strategy for obtaining observer status at the World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of the WHO. The House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee approved a similar Bill earlier this year, but there has been no word on when the measure might come up for a vote in the full House.
Performance of two clowns, what economic strength does Taiwan have.
Eventually this will happen
Taiwan, Taiwan
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US is so desperate to create pressing conditions to look good before unilaterally cancel the imposed tariff. Sore loser ! Free world to shoot and kill.
Return Hawaii, the island you stolen, to the kingdom of Hawaii and the lands you robbed from the indigenous people of america
Ok u passed Bill in US , does WHO care ? Nope , show WHO the funding and then discuss those options later
Its hilarious , does the Senators know USA no longer in WHO ? Non member will not have any priviledges , its like a Country Club , u know ?
I would like to see them accepted as a member nation by the United Nations community.
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