A meeting commemorating the 80th anniversary of Taiwan's restoration after Japan's surrender in World War II was hosted by China’s permanent delegation to the United Nations at UN headquarters in New York on Monday.
Fu Cong, China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said at the meeting that the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), China's national legislature, had designated Oct. 25 as the Commemoration Day of Taiwan's Restoration.
On the same day in 1971, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 2758 with an overwhelming majority, restoring the lawful seat of the People's Republic of China in the UN -- a powerful demonstration of the international community's firm commitment to the one-China principle, Fu said.
He stressed that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory, and that China will surely realize complete reunification, which is an unstoppable historic trend.
"For some time now, politically motivated to contain China by exploiting the Taiwan question, a handful of external forces have been colluding with the Taiwan authorities to misrepresent and challenge UN General Assembly Resolution 2758, conniving with and supporting the 'Taiwan independence' separatist activities, heightening the cross-Strait tensions, and undermining world peace and stability. Such acts, which run counter to the tide of history, are reprehensible, destined to be universally resisted and opposed by the international community, and doomed to be roundly crushed, sunk, and buried in the face of the unyielding, resolved, steely will, and formidable capabilities of the Chinese people to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity," Fu said.
Participants at the meeting welcomed the establishment of the official commemorative day and reaffirmed their firm support for the one-China principle and the authority of Resolution 2758, voicing their backing for China's efforts to achieve complete reunification.
"The resolution recognized the People's Republic of China as the only, underline only, legitimate representative of China, an explicit affirmation of both the People's Republic of China's legitimacy and the principle that there is only one China," said Munir Akram, Pakistan's former Permanent Representative to the UN.
Amar Bendjama, Algeria's Permanent Representative to the UN, said that for Algeria, the resolution stands as a landmark in the history of the United Nations and represents a proud chapter in the country's diplomatic legacy.
"This historic restoration also reaffirmed that the government of the People's Republic of China is the sole and legitimate representative of the whole of China, and it underscored that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China and can never be separated from the motherland," said Pakistan's permanent representative to the UN Asim Iftikhar Ahmad.
"Brazil supports the Chinese government's efforts towards a peaceful process of national reunification. The Chinese government can continue counting on our support on this matter," said Brazilian UN ambassador Sergio Franca Danese.
China marks 80th anniversary of Taiwan’s restoration at UN event, reaffirming one-China principle
China marks 80th anniversary of Taiwan’s restoration at UN event, reaffirming one-China principle
