Offener Brief: Taiwan den Beobachterstatus in der WHO gewähren!

In einem offenen Brief fordern mehr als 100 Parlamentarier*innen die EU-Gesundheitsminister*innen dazu auf, für einen Beobachterstatus Taiwans in der Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO) einzutreten:

OPEN AND URGENT LETTER TO EUROPEAN UNION HEALTH MINISTERS 

This is an open letter to all European Union Health Ministers relating to the participation of Taiwan in the World Health Assembly, 18-19 May 2020.

To the Ministers of Health of the Member States of the European Union,

The Corona Crisis will dominate the World Health Assembly to be held on 18-19 May, in Geneva, through a ministerial video conference. As the virus knows no borders, nationalities and ideologies, the world needs to share all available information and expertise that can be helpful to combat the pandemic.

That is why we, the undersigned members of the European and national Parliaments, urge you to insist that the World Health Organisation (WHO) returns to the pragmatic protocol – practiced from 2009 to 2016 – of inviting Taiwan as an observer to this meeting format. The Taiwanese government has successfully managed to curb the spread of the virus in spite of Taiwan’s geographic proximity to the virus origin.

The United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have officially taken the position to return to the 2009 – 2016 format. 

We therefore request that Taiwan’s Minister of Health and Welfare, Chen Shih Chung, be invited to attend this year’s virtual WHA videoconference, as an observer, to share with us Taiwan’s successful experience in handling the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, we request that the WHO facilitate appropriate and feasible arrangements for Taiwan to participate in all WHO meetings, mechanisms and activities.

In the interests of a pragmatic, science-based approach to global health, we look forward to receiving a positive response from you.

Thank you and best wishes, 

Urmas Paet

Michael Gahler

Katalin Cseh

Bernard Guetta

Karin Karlsbro

Aušra Maldeikienė

Riho Terras

Frédérique Ries 

Michaela Šojdrová

Sophie in ’t Veld

Klemen Grošelj

Tudor Ciuhodaru

Juan Fernando López Aguilar 

Engin Eroglu

José Ramón Bauzá Díaz 

Nicolaus Fest

Andrus Ansip

Gilles Lebreton

Tomáš Zdechovský

David Lega

Klára Dobrev

Csaba Molnár 

Attila Ara-Kovács 

Sándor Rónai

Brando Benifei 

Michal Šimečka

Jan-Christoph Oetjen

Abir Al-Sahlani

Fredrick Federley 

Pascal Durand

Alexandr Vondra

Kosma Zlotowski

Ivan Štefanec

Hermann Tertsch

Veronika Vrecionová

Dragoş Tudorache

Moritz Körner

Salima Yenbou 

Margrete Auken

Kira Peter-Hansen

Charlie Weimers 

Leopoldo López Gil

Svenja Hahn

Niklas Nienass

Rasa Juknevičienė

Reinhard Bütikofer

Eugen Jurzyca

Javier Nart

Witold Waszczykowski 

Thomas Waitz 

Nathalie Loiseau 

Beata Mazurek

Malik Azmani

Jan Huitema

Caroline Nagtegaal

Liesje Schreinemacher

Bart Groothuis

Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Margarete Bause 

Carles Puigdemont

Antoni Comín 

Clara Ponsatí 

Viola von Cramon-Taubadel

Raphaël Glucksmann

Ďuriš Nicholsonová

Katrin Langensiepen

Marco Campomenosi

Milan Zver

Liudas Mažylis

Johan Van Overtveldt

Anna Donáth

Assita Kanko

Geert Bourgeois

Jutta Paulus

Jürgen Trittin

Barry Andrews

François Alfonsi

Benoît Biteau

Damien Carême

David Cormand

Gendoline Delbos-Corfield

Karima Delli

Claude Gruffat

Yannick Jadot

Michèle Rivasi

Caroline Roose

Mounir Satouri

Marie Toussaint

Olivier Chastel

Anna Fotyga

Inese Vaidere

Diana Riba i Giner

Hannah Neumann

Henrike Hahn

Dorien Rookmaker

Andrey Kovatchev

Katrin Göring-Eckardt

Gianna Gancia

Petra de Sutter

Juozas Olekas

Dominique Riquet

Andreas Glück 

Miriam Lexmann 

Alviina Alametsä

Omid Nouripour

Fabio Massimo Castaldo

Helmut Geuking

Manuel Pizarro

Tom Vandendriessche

Andrius Kubilius

Mikuláš Peksa

Zum Originalbeitrag des Initiators Urmas Paet (MdEP)