Bipartisan Senators Urge WHO Chief to Invite Taiwan to World Health Assembly

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a press conference at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, on July 3, 2020. Fabrice Coffrini/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

A group of bipartisan senators has asked the World Health Organization (WHO) director general to allow Taiwan to participate in the organization and an upcoming major global health event.

In a letter dated May 15 to Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the senators cited the COVID-19 pandemic as an example of why global health diplomacy should be open to all jurisdictions to confront international health crises effectively.