United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758

The Resolution 2758 of the UN General Assembly of the United Nations concerned the restoration of the rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations at the meeting of the General Assembly in 1976. Dated 25 October 1971.

The General Assembly decided to recognize the People's Republic of China as the sole legitimate representative of the Chinese people and against exchange their representatives in the UN system the " Nationalist ". These were arguments not a statutory exclusion of Taiwan (Republic of China), which is provided only in a " persistent breach of the principles of the UN Charter ," but only an exchange of popular representation. However, since Taiwan is no longer represented today in the UN. One recent membership be given little chance due to the expected veto of the People's Republic.

Wording

The crucial text passage reads:

The resolution was adopted with 76 votes in favor, 35 votes against and 17 abstentions, although the Charter to be the exclusion of a member only provided for when it has grossly violated the Charter.

See also Sub-Article from Taiwan conflict: In the 1970s,

Consequence

The impact of Resolution 2758 are that a re- recording of Taiwan is blocked in the UN by the one-China policy, although the Republic of China is no longer claim to sole representation, and that no precise territorial delimitation of the term " People's Republic of China" was made. In 1971, it was assumed that today's mainland China and the island Taiwan have been so sufficiently identify. Thus, partially accepted or rejected and denied that the voting members of the UN General Assembly ROCHE in adopting a scheme for the entire Chinese territorial including Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands. The UN General Assembly said the People's Republic of China is the sole agency rights for China, at the same time the same thing from the Republic of China. Who represents Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands, was therefore not explicitly cleared after a few opinions.

Direct powers since 1945, the Republic of China; and since 1949, when the Kuomintang fled to Taiwan, she is like complement the surroundings of the South China Sea Pescadores islands with small parts of Fujian province, which now includes only the territory of the Republic some mainland offshore island groups ( Kinmen and Matsu ). The People's Republic of China had since its inception been no control over these areas. (See history of Taiwan ) This is also reflected in the China - Taiwan conflict. The former government of the Republic under the pan- green ex-president Chen Shui -bian declared suggested in the resolution state that Taiwan is part of the People's Republic of China, is wrong, since Taiwan was never under the control of the People's Republic of China and thus not the resolution is detected. A declaration of independence of Taiwan ( Republic of China) was therefore no breach of the resolution, according to Chen Shui -bian.

One-China issue

Another point of discussion of the one-China question about the term "China" itself is that Taiwan is officially Republic of China calls and thus there is an ambivalence with the People's Republic of China, what the part only [r ] legitimate [r ] Chinese officials concerned. The only state name to get the word people and the notation for Republic also differ in Chinese (Republic of China: Chinese中华民国/中华民国, Pinyin Zhōnghuá Mínguó; China: Chinese中华人民共和国/中华人民共和国, Pinyin Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó ). Until 1992, both countries had ambitions, not to represent China, which currently has no longer the Republic of China.

Taiwan's re-uptake experiments

Since 2007, Taiwan's former president Chen Shui -bian sought now more actively in the formal independence and campaigned for a referendum, after which Taiwan should be at the UN do not like in the 14 years before applying as "Republic of China ", but as "Taiwan ". For this he was severely criticized from the U.S. and the EU, especially Germany and France, because they see this move as a provocation towards the People's Republic of China. Due to the name change and a formal declaration of independence the chances of recording should be improved after a formal application letter by President Chen of the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki -moon with the reference to Resolution 2758 was sent back unopened and further diplomatic efforts on the part of Taiwan were unsuccessful.

Contrary to the usual practice of Taiwanese application was therefore not forwarded to the Security Council, but as "completed" by the General Secretariat. Taiwan's application for UN membership would have to be passed on to "Rule 59 of the Rules of Procedure " of the Security Council on this. Thereupon, the Secretary General of several experts in international law and by the United States has been heavily criticized; especially his competence has been questioned. Despite the strict rejection of request for admission of the Republic of China but this request will continue to be treated internally, even if it is not included in the agenda of the general meetings.