Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao Thursday said
the Taiwan authorities' attempt to join the United Nations was
"ridiculous" and "doomed to fail."
Liu's remarks came after China's UN Ambassador Wang Guangya in
his capacity as the rotating president of the UN Security Council
in July rejected the Taiwan authorities' application forwarded by
representatives of Swaziland and the Solomon Islands to the UN on
July 31.
In his reply to the representatives of Swaziland and the Solomon
Islands, Wang rejected and returned the Taiwan authorities'
application for "UN Membership under the name of Taiwan."
According to the UN Charter and relevant provisions in the rules
of procedure of the Security Council and the General Assembly, only
sovereign states can apply for UN membership, Liu said.
"Any attempt to challenge the UN Charter, the UN General
Assembly Resolution 2758 and the one-China policy upheld by the
international community as a whole is unpopular and doomed to
fail," said Liu.
(Xinhua News Agency August 3, 2007)
