(Taipei Comprehensive News) The 71st World Health Conference (WHA) will be held at the end of May in Geneva, Switzerland. The Minister of Health and Welfare, Chen Shizhong, said yesterday that the relevant departments of the Taiwan government are actively preparing for participating in the WHA this year and do not give up any possibilities.And this year's strength is stronger than last year.
According to the Taiwan Central Radio Station, when Chen Shizhong attended the Spring Festival reporters' symposium responding to the criticism of the outside world, he emphasized that the proposal of Taiwan ’s executive committee this year was“ strong ”, but it was inconvenient to speak publicly.He said, because "we take one step forward and speak out publicly, and may be taken back two steps, but the results of one step are gone."
He pointed out that Taiwan wants to participate in the WHA to promote the soft power of medical and health in Taiwan, and to let the international community understand the contribution of Taiwan.Communication under the table will continue to work hard.
Taiwan has attended the WHA as an observer of "Chinese Taipei" since 2009. After Tsai Ing -wen was in power in 2016, cross -strait relations fell into a deadlock."A China" principle.By 2017, Taiwan was not invited to participate in the WHA.
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According to the "Freedom Times" report, Taiwanese civil society groups are preparing to send a larger Xuanda group in series this year to go to Switzerland to speak.
According to reports, when the World Health Organization (WHO) held the Executive Committee on the 23rd, some AIA in the United States and Taiwan supported Taiwan to participate in the WHA during speeches.However, it is generally believed that the key to whether Taiwan can do so depends on the attitude of the mainland and the prospect is not optimistic.
