Efforts To Reintroduce The ROC To The UN
From 1993 to 2008 the ROC made attempts to rejoin (or, as worded in its proposals, "to participate in") the UN, but because of the implacable opposition of the PRC, backed by a majority of UN member states (which adhere to One China policies), the UN always voted against the proposal.
The ROC claims to be the government of the whole of China, but does not actively assert the claim. Taiwan independence supporters say that the non-assertion of the claim is mainly due to the PRC having publicly stated that any movement to change the ROC constitution would be seen as a move towards declaring independence, and thus a reason for military action. Given the PRC's attitude, even having the General Assembly admit the ROC or "Taiwan" as an observer, as with Palestine, would be problematic; the case of Palestine is different from that of the ROC because of the UN's commitment to a two-state solution for the Israel-Palestine conflict but not for the Taiwan issue.
From 1991 until 2008 the question of the ROC's representation was raised on the UN agenda committee by its diplomatic allies, but always failed to get sufficient votes to get on the formal agenda.
The ROC reapplied for full UN membership on September 18, 2007. On September 15, 2007, over 3000 Taiwanese Americans and their supporters rallied in front of the UN building in New York City, and over 300,000 Taiwanese people rallied in Taiwan, in support of the ROC's joining the UN. The ROC has also won the backing of many Members of the European Parliament on this issue.
In 2008 two referendums by the ROC to support joining the UN failed because of low voter participation. The United Nations subcommittee on September 17, 2008, once again ruled it would not let the General Assembly consider the ROC's application to join U.N. activities. Shortly after this the United States and the European Union both expressed their support for "Taiwan" (neither recognises the ROC) to have "meaningful participation" in UN agencies that do not require statehood, such as the World Health Organization.
From 2009, for the first time in 17 years, the ROC did not submit bids to become a member of the United Nations.
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