Tedros told Xinhua that he would abide by the one-China principle as enshrined in the related UN General Assembly resolution and World Health
Assembly resolution when handling issues in the WHO which are related to China's
Taiwan.
During a meeting with Chinese Health Minister Li Bin on Wednesday, Tedros said the UN agency will properly handle the Taiwan-related issues based on the
resolutions of the UN General Assembly and the World Health Assembly Jordan Phillips Dolphins Jersey , the WHO's decision-making body.
The WHO plenary on Monday rejected a proposal to discuss the invitation of China's Taiwan to the WHO's annual assembly.
Prior to this year's assembly, Li told a press conference in Geneva that from 2009 to 2016 DeVante Parker Dolphins Jersey , the Chinese government made special arrangements for Taiwan to attend the WHO assembly as an observer in the name of
"Chinese Taipei," in accordance with the "1992 Consensus" reached between the
Chinese mainland and Taiwan.
However Xavien Howard Dolphins Jersey , Taiwan's current ruling Democratic Progressive Party has refused to recognize the one-China principle, thus
undermining the political basis of Taiwan's participation in the WHO's annual
conference.
The WHO is a UN specialized agency. UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 and World Health Assembly Resolution 25.1 provide the legal basis for the WHO to
follow the one-China principle.
During the press conference Laremy Tunsil Dolphins Jersey , Li also noted that proper arrangements have been made for Taiwan to participate in global health affairs and to conduct
exchanges on epidemics and other health issues with WHO medical and public
health experts, thus the so-called "epidemic prevention gap" doesn't exist at
all.
Tedros Cordrea Tankersley Dolphins Jersey , 52, a former health minister and foreign minister of Ethiopia Raekwon McMillan Dolphins Jersey , was elected on Tuesday as new WHO director-general at the 70th World Health Assembly in Geneva. He will succeed
Margaret Chan, whose tenure ends in June.
Data expo opens in southwest China
Jiaolong conducts 2nd dive in 3rd stage of China's 38th oceanic expedition
Traditional Duanwu Festival greeted around China
Hong Kong Int'l Auto Show kicks off
Bottlenose dolphins relocated in NE China's Heilongjiang
China's Xiamen to hold 9th BRICS Summit
Yoga fans practise yoga on flower farmland in N China's Hebei
Chinese submersible Jiaolong descends to 4 Charles Harris Dolphins Jersey ,811 meters in Mariana Trench
by Larry Neild
LONDON, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair faced mounting pressure Sunday in the wake of the devastating Chilcot report into the
2003 Iraq war.
Lord John Prescott, who served under Blair as his deputy prime minister, said Sunday the 2003 invasion of Iraq by military forces from Britain and the United
States was illegal.
Labour politician Prescott, said he would live with the catastrophic decision for the rest of his life.
"A day doesn't go by when I don't think of the decision we made to go to war. Of the British troops who gave their lives or suffered injuries for their
country. Of the 175,000 civilians who died from the Pandora's Box we opened by
removing Saddam Hussein," said Prescott.
The veteran politician, who now serves in the House of Lords, outlined his views in his column in the Sunday Mirror newspaper.
Meanwhile, leading Conservative MP David Davis said Sunday he plans to submit a motion to the House of Commons on Thursday to hold Blair in contempt of
Parliament over the Iraq war. Such moves are rare in the British parliament.
Davis' move could provoke a debate in the House of Commons to discuss whether Blair had misled parliament.
Following the release of the long awaited report last week into the war, Blair apologized, but said he stands by his decision to join the United States
in the campaign which saw the toppling of Iraq's president Saddam Hussein.
Most of Britain's national newspapers focused after the report on a message Blair sent to U.S. president Bush before the invasion saying "I am with you,
whatever..."
In his article Sunday, Prescott described that statement by Blair as devastating, with Prescott adding he agreed with the former UN secretary general
of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, that the war was illegal.
The troubles within Britain's main opposition Labour party continued with embattled leader Jeremy Corbyn responding Sunday to the proposed challenge to
his leadership by Labour MP Angela Eagle. Corbyn urged Eagle to think again
about mounting her challenge, which she is scheduled to do Monday morning local
time. Instead he called for the party to unite.
Eagle said deputy party leader Tom Watson, party chief whip Rosie Winterton and Parliamentary Labour Party chairman John Cryer had all tried to get Corbyn
to stand down, but he had refused.
Virtually all of Corbyn's shadow cabinet resigned after a vote of no confidence by his own MPs, making it difficult to fill all of the vacancies in
his front bench team.
A critical moment could come later this week when the Labour Party's ruling body, its NEC, meet to decide whether Corbyn should automatically see his name
on a leadership ballot paper, or whether, like Eagle, he will need to win
backing from a percentage of Labour MPs and MEPs (Members of the European
Parliament).
Corbyn insisted Sunday his name would automatically go forward as serving leader, adding he would challenge a decision that stated he needed to be
nominated.
Political commentators said Sunday that the civil war between Corbyn and his Labour MPs could threaten the future of Britain's so called working class
political party.
Meanwhile, in the governing Conservative Party it is not all sweetness and roses, with one of the contenders for the leadership of that party under fire.
Home Secretary Theresa May and . ?
