Diplomatic allies speak up for Taiwan at U.N. General Debate 2025

Taipei, Oct. 3 (CNA) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Friday thanked 10 of Taiwan's diplomatic allies for supporting the nation's aspirations to participate in the United Nations during the just-concluded 80th Session UN General Assembly's General Debate.

High level officials from Taiwan's diplomatic allies - Paraguay, the Marshall Islands, Kingdom of Eswatini, Palau, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Tuvalu, Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Guatemala - all spoke up on Taiwan's behalf during their respective address at the general debate and/or sent letters to U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, according to a MOFA press release.

Haiti is Taiwan's only diplomatic ally among the 12 that are official U.N. members to not bring up the issue of Taiwan over the past years.

The Caribbean country has been embroiled in widespread political, economic and security crises since former Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated at his home in July 2021.

An unnamed diplomatic source previously told CNA that this is why the Haiti representatives at the U.N. focused more on the continuing unrest in their country during U.N. address and did not mention Taiwan in recent years.

Meanwhile, Taiwan's only diplomatic ally in Europe, the Holy See, is not a member of the U.N., but an observer and rarely speaks on political issues during the U.N. related meetings.

In MOFA's statement, it also said Czech President Petr Pavel again warned that rising tensions in the Taiwan Strait threaten global security and trade during his address in the 2025 U.N. session, adding that this was the second time since 2023 that Pavel has voiced similar concerns in the General Debate, which concluded on Monday.

Outside of the U.N. meetings, others have also adopted motions in support of Taiwan's participation in international organizations, MOFA pointed out.

These include the United States Senate, House of Representatives, and 30 U.S. state-level lawmaker bodies, the Dutch House of Representatives, the Congress of the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis, and the Guatemalan Congress.

MOFA also reiterated Taiwan's stance that U.N. Resolution 2758 adopted in 1971, which Beijing has used as the basis to claim sovereignty over Taiwan, does not mention Taiwan.

It also does not state that Taiwan is part of China nor give the PRC the right to represent Taiwan in the U.N., MOFA said.

"Only Taiwan's democratically elected government can represent the country's 23 million people in the U.N.," it added.

It also noted that since the U.S. first began to criticize Beijing's misinterpretation of the 1971 U.N. resolution in April 2024, 19 other countries and the European Union, have all followed suit.

Resolution 2758 was adopted by the 26th U.N. General Assembly in 1971 to address the issue of China's representation at the international body.

It resulted in Taiwan, officially named the Republic of China, losing its seat at the U.N. to the People's Republic of China. Taipei has since been excluded from participating in the international organization and its affiliates.

Washington has repeatedly accused Beijing of making "coercive efforts" to exclude Taiwan from the international community with the "misuse" of UN Resolution 2758.