Taiwanese Officials and Community Leaders in California Urge WHO to Include Taiwan

The WHO’s highest decision-making body has excluded Taiwan from participation since 2017 amid political pressure from the Chinese Communist Party.

Taiwan-affiliated government and community organizations hold a joint press conference in Milpitas, Calif., on May 3, 2025, urging the World Health Organization to allow Taiwan’s participation in the World Health Assembly. Nathan Su/The Epoch Times

In a joint press conference held on May 3, more than a dozen Taiwan-affiliated government and community organizations in Northern California called on the World Health Organization (WHO) to allow Taiwan’s participation.

The event, hosted at the Culture Center of the San Francisco Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Milpitas, was held ahead of the 78th World Health Assembly (WHA) scheduled to take place May 19–27 in Geneva.