US senators call out China for ‘weaponising’ UN 1971 resolution, vow support to Taiwan. UN General Assembly passed UN Resolution 2758 in 1971 transferring the seat representing China at the UN from Taiwan to China. It did not address China’s territorial claim to Taiwan or take a position on the latter’s political status. The resolution opposes China’s attempt to prevent Taiwan’s meaningful participation in international organisations. It further states China has \”weaponised\” UN Resolution2758 to distort history and isolate Taiwan. It reaffirms that the \”one China policy\” of the US is not and has never been the same as the Chinese Communist Party’s \”One China principle\” The resolution was introduced by US Senators Jim Risch and Jeanne Shaheen, chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Pete Ricketts, and Chris Coons, introduced a bi-partisan resolution to oppose the Chinese Party’s campaign to pressure the United States and other countries to accept its sovereignty claim over Taiwan.
