[NYTr] We Recognize One China: Cuba on Taiwanese Attempt to Join UN
 
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 17:55:04 -0500 (CDT)


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via Granma International - Aug 9, 2007
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2007/agosto/juev9/statement-from-ministry-foreign-affairs.html

Statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Republic of Cuba

SINCE early this year, Taiwanese authorities have set into motion a new
escalation of actions aimed at separating Taiwan from the rest of the
territory of the Peoplebs Republic of China, against the interests of
its own people and ignoring the will of the international community.

Taiwanese authorities are now trying to organize a so-called
breferendum on the islandbs entry into the UN under the name of
Taiwan,b and to submit a resolution on the matter to that organization.
This is a flagrant violation of previous decisions of the United
Nations General Assembly, which in its Resolution 2758 (XXVI), passed
on October 25, 1971, in the framework of its 26th session, recognized
the Peoplebs Republic of China as the only representative of the
Chinese people and expelled from the UN the representatives of Chiang
Kai-shek, who up until then had usurped the position that legitimately
belonged to the Peoplebs Republic.

In fact, this past July 23, the secretary general of the United Nations
announced that his Office of Legal Affairs had refused to receive a
letter from Taiwanese authorities requesting entry into the United
Nations under the name of Taiwan. The UN secretary adduced, rightly,
that UN policy is dictated by the abovementioned General Assembly
Resolution 2758 (XXVI), which recognizes the Peoplebs Republic of China
as the only representative of the Chinese people. It is very
significant that the head of that islandbs authorities, Chen Shui Bian,
chose the Press Club in the U.S. capital as the stage for announcing,
via a videoconference held this past May 29, that he would dedicate the
rest of his mandate to this goal.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, in line with
the Cuban Revolutionbs unwaveringly principled position on this matter,
reiterates its firmest opposition to any type of action aimed at
dividing Chinabs territory; it vigorously rejects the illegitimate
referendum on Taiwanbs entry into the UN, as well as any other attempt
by those authorities to enter that international organization.

Taiwanbs authorities should recall the recent defeat they suffered in
the World Health Organization, an authentic and unequivocal expression
of the will of the overwhelming majority of the worldbs governments and
nations, which, like Cuba, recognizes only one China, one nation
indivisible, and Taiwan as part of its territory. This is a principle
essential to maintaining peace and the preservation of international
order. Any action in the opposite direction is destined to fail.

Havana, August 8, 2007

 
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