BY PHUMELELE MKHONTA
MBABANE- Grateful!
The Republic of China (Taiwan) Minister of Home Affairs Jaushieh Joseph Wu has expressed the country’s appreciation towards His Majesty King Mswati III’s address for pleading for Taiwan to be part of United Nations (UN) Agencies.
His Majesty the King Mswati III made the address last night during the second day of the 77th Session of the United Nation General Assembly (UNGA77) held in New York in the United States.
Reacting to the King’s speech, the Taiwan minister expressed appreciation this morning in the country’s official Ministry of Foreign Affairs Twitter page, where Wu signs off all statements sent out through the page.
“Watch King Mswati III of Eswatini call for Taiwan’s full participation in UN Agencies at UNGA77 (sic),”
“In our interconnected world, all nations must stand together to fight shared crisis. We thank His Majesty for reminding the world of this key lesson from COVID-19,” said Wu.
In the meantime His Majesty King Mswati III said when the world faced the COVID-19 pandemic, it must be noted that no country was spared, which meant they all needed to come together to find solutions. The King said this during his address.
“Unfortunately, Taiwan was unable to access some of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) programmes and thus implement the remedies that required their approval,” said His Majesty King Mswati III.
The Eswatini Head of State then went on to say they continued to appeal for Taiwan to be considered for full participation in the UN agencies.
“We are confident that the global village would benefit substantially from Taiwan’s meaningful participation in the UN system. The Kingdom of Eswatini calls upon the United Nations to make the necessary arrangements for Taiwan to significantly participate in relevant UN specialised agencies and mechanisms,” he said.
Taiwan has strong bilateral relationship with Eswatini and both countries have invested in each other.
Worth noting is that currently, the Republic of China (Taiwan), also simply referred to as Taiwan, is not recognised by the United Nations.
According to Quora.com, this is because under the ‘One China Policy’ and the Sino communique, countries and organizations can only recognize China or Taiwan, following a civil war.
