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Taiwan's WHA observer status is the direct result of "flexible diplomacy",the pr

agmatic approach to cross -straits relations championed by ROC President Ma Ying


-jeou.
A US state Department report released April 30 confirms Washington intentions to
set goal having WHO invite the island to attend as WHA observeron an annual bas
is.
Taiwan not a member of the United Nations,had failed to join WHO affairs due to
China's obstruction until last year when Taiwan gained the WHA observer status
for the first time.Now after nearly 38 years been able to gain observer status i
s viewed as a result of Taiwan's efforts to greatly improve its relations with C
hina in the past two years.
Sixty-Third World Health Assembly (WHA) has taken place at the Palais des Nation
s, Geneva, Switzerland, on May 17-21.WHO discussed at the WHA include: pandemic
influenza preparedness, implementation of the international health regulations,
public health, innovation and intellectual property, monitoring of the achieveme
nt of the health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), international chemical man
agement: addressing chemicals of public health concern, health and climate chang
e, food safety, international recruitment of health personnel: draft global code
of practice, prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases, strategies to
reduce the harmful use of alcohol, tuberculosis control, counterfeit medical pro
ducts, human organ and tissue transplantation, treatment and prevention of pneum
onia.On March 22 this year, WHO Director-General Margaret Chan sent a letter to
Minister of Health Yaung Chih-liang inviting renewed participation at this yearâ s
meeting scheduled for May 17â 22. The significance of Taiwanâ s greater participation
in the international health network, however, extends far beyond its presence as
an observer at the last two WHA meetings.
Taiwan attended the World Health Assembly annual meeting in Switzerland as an ob
server."I feel really good, really terrific," Taiwan's Central News Agency quote
d Health Minister Yeh Ching-chuan as saying after he represented his country at
the meeting.
"Thirty-eight years are a long wait and I feel honored to be able to represent T
aiwan in the World Health Assembly," Yeh was quoted as saying.
With a greater role in the WHO,Taiwan can better shares its excutive experience
in asisting less developed countries to provide improved healthcare for their po
pulation,along with emergent health care services know-how.
Taiwan with its traditional culture and modern economy with its rural values wil
l bolster its stading on the global stage and considerably strengthen the global
health network thus to mitigate menace of diseases and epidemic prevailing wo
rld over.

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