臺灣被排除世界衛生大會之外 蓬佩奧：損害世衛組織信譽

世衛大會(WHA)今天（5/18）開議，台灣雖獲多國相挺，但世衛組織(WHO)仍拒邀出席，美國國務院今發布新聞稿譴責台灣被排除在WHA之外。 美國國務院指出：「美國譴責臺灣被排除在世界衛生大會之外。在世界繼續面對COVID-19大流行的鬥爭之時，我們需要多邊機構履行其既定使命並為所有成員國的利益服務，而不是在生命處於危急關頭時發揮政治作用。 儘管臺灣與中國武漢在最初的疫情地緣上非常接近，但沒有人質疑臺灣迄今已在遏制大流行方面做出了世界上最成功的努力之一。這不足為奇，像臺灣這樣的透明，充滿活力和創新的民主國家，對流行病的反應總是比專制政權更快，更有效。 世衛組織總幹事譚德賽（Tedros）具有一切法律權力和先例，將臺灣納入世界衛生大會的會議程式。但是，他卻選擇不邀請來自臺灣的壓力。總幹事的缺乏獨立性剝奪了大會在大流行疾病方面著名的科學專業知識，並在世界最需要的時候進一步損害了世衛組織的信譽和效力。 中國為使臺灣保持沉默而採取的蓄意行動，暴露了其要求透明化和國際合作以抗擊COVID-19流行病主張的空虛，並使中國與臺灣之間的差異更加明顯。臺灣是世界模範公民，而中國則繼續保留有關病毒及其起源的重要資訊，拒絕提供科學家和有關設施的存取權限，繼續審查中國境內關於疫情大流行的討論，並粗魯廣泛地散播譴責謾罵。」 Taiwan’s Exclusion From the World Health Assembly PRESS STATEMENT MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE MAY 18, 2020 The United States condemns Taiwan’s exclusion from the World Health Assembly. At a time when the world continues to struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic, we need multilateral institutions to deliver on their stated missions and to serve the interests of all member states, not to play politics while lives are at stake. No one disputes that Taiwan has mounted one of the world’s most successful efforts to contain the pandemic to date, despite its close proximity to the original outbreak in Wuhan, China. This should not be a surprise. Transparent, vibrant, and innovative democracies like Taiwan always respond faster and more effectively to pandemics than do authoritarian regimes. WHO’s Director-General Tedros had every legal power and precedent to include Taiwan in WHA’s proceedings. Yet, he instead chose not to invite Taiwan under pressure from the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The Director-General’s lack of independence deprives the Assembly of Taiwan’s renowned scientific expertise on pandemic disease, and further damages the WHO’s credibility and effectiveness at a time when the world needs it the most. The PRC’s spiteful action to silence Taiwan exposes the emptiness of its claims to want transparency and international cooperation to fight the pandemic, and makes the difference between China and Taiwan ever more stark. Taiwan is a model world citizen, while the PRC continues to withhold vital information about the virus and its origins, deny access to their scientists and relevant facilities, censor discussion of the pandemic within China and on Chinese social media properties, and casts blame widely and recklessly. 圖一：美國務卿蓬佩奧發表聲明力挺台灣 圖二：美國國務院新聞稿 圖三：美國國務院Twitter同步聲明