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Harry S Truman, “Statement on Formosa,” January 5, 1950
February 25, 2014
President Truman spoke at the White House. He subsequently took questions on weapons programs, appointments, political races, and hydraulic power projects.
United Nations Human Rights Council, "Universal Periodic Review Draft Report: China," February 11, 2009
February 12, 2009
Chinese delegation headed by Li Baodong met with the UN Human Rights Council working group charged with preparing the Council's "Universal Periodic Review." The meetings took place in Geneva, Switzerland February 2-13, 2009. The report includes the delegation's presentation and the response of the delegation to previously submitted questions from the working group.
Taiwan Information Minister Shieh, Taiwan Belongs in the UN, 2007
September 12, 2007
Shieh Jhy-wey is Minister of the Taiwan Government Information Office. This op-ed was published in the New York Sun on September 12, 2007.
Major significance of China's return to UN 35 years ago, 2006
October 25, 2006
The author of the article is Wu Jianmin, president of the Foreign Affairs University in Beijing.
Official Proposal for the U.N. General Assembly to examine the exceptional international situation pertaining to the Republic of China on Taiwan August 8, 2001
August 8, 2001
August 8, 2001 proposal for the UN to examine the ROC situation.
Official Proposal for the U.N. General Assembly to Study R.O.C. Participation in the United Nations 1999
August 11, 1999
The U.N.'s proposal to study the Republic of China's (Taiwan's) participation in the United Nations, August 11, 1999
United Nations, Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, September 15, 1995 (adopted by UN, 2000)
September 15, 1995
The Beijing Declaration was issued at the 4th UN Conference on Women, which was held in a suburb of Beijing, September 4-15, 1995.
Report of the Alliance of Taiwan Aborigines to the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations 1993
August 1, 1993
Alliance of Taiwan Aborigines Statement to UNWGIP from August 1993
United Nations Admits the People's Republic of China, October 25, 1971
October 25, 1971
The UN General Assembly expelled Taiwan and admitted the PRC.
Resolution on the Restoration of the Lawful Rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations, 1971
October 25, 1971
In 1971, the United Nations General Assembly voted to recognize the Beijing-based government of the People’s Republic of China as the lawful representatives of China. The vote was 76 in favor, 35 opposed, with 17 abstaining.
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