On 29 April, the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic adopted a resolution on the People's Republic of China's distortion of the content of UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 and its support for Taiwan's involvement in international organisations.
Reaction of the PRC MFA: The Chinese side has taken note of the relevant report and expresses its strong condemnation and firmly opposes the malicious distortion of the content of UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 by the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, the blatant provocation of the one-China principle and the gross interference in China's internal affairs. With the adoption of Resolution 2758 by the 26th UN General Assembly in 1971, the UN returned the representation and residence of the whole of China, including Taiwan, to the Government of the People's Republic of China, provided that the UN recognised that Taiwan was part of China.
The historical facts are clear and the legal basis is clear. This resolution not only completely resolved politically, legally and procedurally the issue of the representation of the whole of China, including Taiwan, in the UN, but also made it clear that China has only one seat in the UN and that there are no such issues as 'two Chinas' or 'one China, one Taiwan'.Since the adoption of the resolution, the one-China principle has become a general consensus in the international community and a universally accepted basic norm in international relations, completely blocking the space for any person, country or power to try to create 'two Chinas' or 'one China, one Taiwan'.
The UN and its specialised agencies adhere to the one-China principle on Taiwan, and Taiwan is addressed as the Chinese province of Taiwan in official UN documents. The legal opinion issued by the Office of Legal Affairs of the UN Secretariat stresses that the UN takes the view that Taiwan as a province of China does not have independent status and that the Taiwan authorities do not have any form of governmental status.It should also be stressed that the Taiwan issue concerns China's sovereignty and territorial integrity and is a key concern of China. The one-China principle is a universally accepted fundamental norm in international relations, the political basis for the establishment and development of diplomatic relations between China and the Czech Republic and other countries of the world, and an unbreakable red line, an inviolable line and an unbreakable border.
The participation of the Taiwan region in the activities of international organisations must and can only be addressed by the one-China principle. Taiwan, as an inseparable part of China's territory, has no basis, reason or right to participate in the United Nations and other international organisations in which only sovereign states can participate. General Assembly Resolution 2758 cannot be challenged and the one-China principle cannot be shaken. The Chinese side urges the Czech side to strictly adhere to the one-China political commitment, put the one-China principle into practice, immediately remove the relevant bad influence, and effectively maintain the healthy and stable development of Sino-Czech relations.
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