WHO DG-Elect Tedros Pledges To Abide By One-China Policy In Relations With Taiwan

Xinhua/New China: WHO’s newly elected chief reaffirms one-China principle
“Newly elected World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom on Friday reaffirmed the one-China principle. Tedros told Xinhua that he would abide by the one-China principle as enshrined in the related U.N. General Assembly resolution and World Health Assembly resolution when handling issues in the WHO which are related to China’s Taiwan. … The WHO plenary on Monday rejected a proposal to discuss the invitation of China’s Taiwan to the WHO’s annual assembly…” (5/26).

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