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Utah Senate Unanimously Urges Taiwan’s Participation in World Health Organization after Taiwanese Delegation Visit
Summary
The Utah Senate heard a visiting Taiwanese delegation and passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 4 urging meaningful participation for Taiwan in the World Health Organization; sponsors framed the move as a global health, not a sovereignty, issue. SCR4 passed unanimously.
The Utah State Senate on Feb. 22 welcomed a delegation from Taiwan and voted unanimously to urge the U.S. and the World Health Organization to pursue "meaningful participation" for Taiwan in WHO activities.
Director General Mark W. P. Lao of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in San Francisco addressed the chamber, framing the request as a public-health imperative. Lao said exclusion from WHO forums risks global disease surveillance gaps and argued Taiwan’s inclusion would help prevent the spread of…
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