Staff writer, with CNAThe government is pushing for participation in the World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland, with the help of the nation’s diplomatic allies, after not receiving an invitation to the annual meeting this year, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday. The WHA is the decisionmaking body of the WHO. In related news, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Wu Chih-chung (吳志中) said the WHO has violated its own principles by denying Taiwanese journalists access to the WHA. “We hold different political beliefs from China and the WHO needs to consider its own credibility when making such decisions,” he said. Alessandra Vellucci, director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, reportedly said that only journalists from UN-recognized nations would be given accreditation to cover the WHA.

Source: Taipei Times May 15, 2017 16:54 UTC