The General Committee of the 61st Session of the UN General Assembly decided on Tuesday not to include into the agenda of the current session the so-called "question of the representation of Taiwan in the UN."

Since 1993, the General Assembly has for the 14th consecutive time thwarted Taiwan's attempt to join the world body composed of sovereign states.

Addressing the session, Wang Guangya, Chinese permanent representative to the United Nations, said that there is but one China in the world and Taiwan has been an inalienable part of China since ancient times. These facts are generally recognized by the vast majority of the UN members and cannot be changed by anybody, Wang said.

There is no such issue as Taiwan's "representation in the UN" as the historic Resolution 2758 adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1971 has solved the issue of UN representation for China, which includes Taiwan, he said.

The rejection of the Taiwan-related proposals for 14 straight times by the General Assembly displayed the righteous position of the UN members in maintaining and safeguarding the purposes and principles enshrined in the UN Charter, and testified once more to the fact that any attempt by a handful elements who advocate "Taiwan's independence" to split the motherland is doomed to failure, Wang said.

A delegate from Uganda told the session that raising the issue of Taiwan's representation in the United Nations constituted a violation of the UN Charter and an interference in China's internal affairs.

After the committee decided to reject the inclusion of the Taiwan-related questions into the agenda of the General Assembly, delegates from Columbia and Chile shook hands with and congratulated Wang.

On Aug. 10, under the subornation of the Taiwan authorities, a handful of countries including Burkina Faso and Gambia sent a letter to the UN secretary-general, requesting the inclusion of the so-called "representation of Taiwan in the UN" and "the maintenance of peace across the Taiwan Straits" into the supplementary agenda of the 61st UN General Assembly.

Editor: Yan