9 Countries Urge UN to Allow Taiwan’s Participation

Taiwan has been excluded from United Nations agencies, such as the World Health Organization, because of Beijing’s opposition.

(L-R) U.N. Permanent Representatives—John Silk from Marshall Islands, Tapugao Falefou from Tuvalu, Ilana Seid from Palau, Carla María Rodríguez Mancia from Guatemala, Inga Rhonda King from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Carlos Fuller from Belize—join for a group photo outside of the U.N. headquarters after delivering a letter to the U.N. secretary-general’s office, in New York, on Sept. 19, 2024. Edwin Huang/The Epoch Times

NEW YORK CITY—Nine of Taiwan’s diplomatic allies have sent a joint letter to U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres calling for the island’s participation in the U.N. systems.

“It’s the day that I call our pilgrimage, in the name of Taiwan, to the United Nations, to continue to advocate for Taiwan’s meaningful participation in the United Nations,” Inga Rhonda King, permanent representative of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to the United Nations, told The Epoch Times outside of the U.N. headquarters in New York City on Sept. 19, after delivering the letter to the secretary-general’s office along with other U.N. representatives of Taiwan’s allies.