7/31/2019 WHO Letter From THRAC
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In#;t6€,, \ f f i f f i€,^Taiwanese umanRightsAssociation f Canada
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May 11,2,012
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The Honourable eonaAglukkaq,Ministerof HealthThe Honourable ohnBaird, Ministerof ForeignAffairs
We arewriting you to urgeCanadao publicly supportTaiwan's expanded articipationn theWorld HealthOrganization. he World HealthAssemblywill meet n GenevaMay 2l-26.We askCanadao takea standn thosemeetings hat heWHO doesnothave he right tounilaterally mpose he name TaiwanProvinceof China"on Taiwan.
In 2003 and2005 he CanadianHouseof Commons ndSenate assedesolutions upportingTaiwan'sparticipationn the World HealthAssemblyas an observer. aiwanwasgrantedhisstatus t the WHA in2009, under he name ChineseTaipei".
However,on September 4,20t0 theWHO DirectorGeneral'sOffice issued secretmemorandum hanginghis name.o'Proceduresconcerning n arransemento facilitateimplementation f theInternationalHealthRegulations 2005)with respecto theTaiwanProvinceof China" required hat all WHO documents se TaiwanProvinceof China", andthat nformation efening o Taiwano'mustbe istedor shownas alling underChina". Thegovemment f Taiwanhasprotestedhis unilateralchange f name.On May 17,20ll theUnited StatesSecretary f Health stated hat"no organization f the UN has he right tounilaterallydeterminehepositionof Taiwan".
We know that all Canadian olitical partiesagreehat hepeopleof Taiwan shouldnot beexcludedrom the nternational ommunitybecause f claimsmadeby the People'sRepublicof China.Taiwan s an activeandvaluableglobalcitizen.The Tzu-chi BuddhistCompassion
Relief Associations the world's largest haritableNGO. It was he first on theground nSumatra fter heIndianOceanTsunami.After the Japanesearthquake nd sunamiin2Oll,Taiwanbecamehe argestdonor o Japanor relief and econstruction.
As Taiwanese anadians e urge Canadatoactively andopenlysupportTaiwan's ncreasedparticipationn theWHO undera nameacceptableo thepeopleof Taiwan. Furthermore,while we are ully awareof the diplomatic ssues nvolved,we hope hat Canadawill supportTaiwan'sadmissiono theWHA as apefinanent bserver nder henameTaiwan.
a*'*-/az*gEdwardChung,PresidentvTaiwanese anadian ssociation Taiwanese umanRishts Association f Canada
As of May 11 he following organizations aveaddedheir support o this appeal:
ChinaRightsNetwork, Federationor aDemocraticChin4 FormosanAssociation or Public
Affairs Canada,North AmericanTaiwaneseWomen'sAssociation,TaiwaneseHakkaAssociation f Toronto
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