There is no "gray zone" or "room for ambiguity" when it comes to the People's Republic of China representing the whole of China at the UN, said Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 79) on Saturday.
Delivering a speech at the General Debate of the UN General Assembly, Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, told world leaders in the audience that it is both "the history and the reality" that Taiwan is "an inseparable part of China's territory."
"Taiwan is an inseparable part of China's territory. This is both history and reality. Both the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation state in explicit terms that all the territories Japan had stolen from China, including Taiwan and the Penghu Islands, shall be returned to China, and this has constituted an important part of the post-World War II international order," Wang said.
"Right here in this august hall 53 years ago, the 26th session of the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 2758 with an overwhelming majority, deciding to restore all the rights of the People's Republic of China at the UN, to recognize the representatives of the Government of the People's Republic of China as the sole legitimate representatives of China to the UN, and to expel forthwith the representatives of the Taiwan region from the UN and all its organizations. Once and for all, the resolution resolved the issue of the representation of the whole of China, including Taiwan, in the UN. The resolution made clear that there is no such thing as 'two Chinas,' or 'one China, one Taiwan.' On this matter of principle, there is no gray zone or room for ambiguity. China is bound to realize complete reunification. Taiwan will eventually return to the embrace of the motherland. This is the overwhelming trend of history that no one and no force can stop," he said.
No "gray zone" in China's UN representation: FM
