Delegation in US to promote Taiwan UN membershipWASHINGTON -- A non-governmental Taiwanese delegation is currently in the United States to promote Taiwan's membership in the United Nations to coincide with the 71st Session of the U.N. General Assembly. They included Randy Forbes, chairman of the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee; Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, chairman emeritus of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Dana Rohrabacher, a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and chairman of the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats; and Steve Chabot, another member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. The delegation also hoped that the United States will strengthen its interactions with Taiwan, and it called on the U.S. Congress to review U.S. policy toward Taiwan or China to give Taiwan more opportunities to participate in international organizations, he said. Forbes told the delegation that the Congress has added several provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act that are aimed at enhancing military cooperation between the United States and Taiwan, according to Tsai. He said a survey has revealed that as many as 84.8 percent of people in Taiwan are in favor of the country joining the U.N. under the name "Taiwan."

Source: The China Post September 14, 2016 16:07 UTC