In 1971, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted Resolution 2758, restoring the lawful seat of the government of the People's Republic of China in the UN and reaffirming the one-China principle, which has been widely upheld by the international community ever since.
Recently, a \"model resolution on UNGA Resolution 2758\" has attempted to overturn it. This initiative is spearheaded by the self-styled Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), in collaboration with the Taiwan authorities led by Lai Ching-te and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), whose primary mission is advocating for \"Taiwan independence.\" Some anti-China politicians are pushing to \"pass the resolution.\"
These politically motivated maneuvers, lacking factual or legal basis, reveal the questionable nature of Lai's authorities and anti-China politicians like IPAC members. The \"model resolution\" is a mere collection of distortions of UNGA Resolution 2758, highlighted by three main fallacies.
Fallacy 1: \"UNGA Resolution 2758 did not endorse the one China principle as international consensus.\"
In reality, Resolution 2758 centers on China's representation in the UN under the one-China principle, affirming that \"the representatives of the Government of the People's Republic of China are the only lawful representatives of China.\" During the consultations on Resolution 2758, suggestions that \"Taiwan's status has yet to be determined\" never gained support in the General Assembly. Proposals from certain countries advocating for \"dual representation\" to create \"two Chinas\" or \"one China, one Taiwan\" in the UN were rejected as \"illegal and clearly inconsistent with reality, justice and the principles of the UN Charter.\" Other proposals stating that Taiwan's status was \"undetermined\" also failed. International practices since the adoption of Resolution 2758 reflect a universal consensus: Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory.
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IPAC's attempt to distort UNGA Resolution 2758 bound to fail
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