Supporting Taiwan’s participation is in line with Canada’s UN goals

The United Nations General Assembly will fill with world leaders attending its opening later this month. But Taiwan won’t be in the hall, as it’s not recognized as a country by the UN. United Nations photograph by Loey Felipe

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BY DAVID KILGOUR, SUSAN KORAH

September 18, 2018

On Sept. 18, leaders from the 193 United Nations member countries will gather in New York to kick off the fall meeting of the General Assembly—a key organ of the UN in which all countries have equal standing. Unlike Canadians, the 23 million people of Taiwan will not be represented at these discu...

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