Building An Inclusive United Nations With Taiwan On Board

This July, President Tsai Ing-wen of the Republic of China (Taiwan) transited through New York, an icon of diversity and freedom and home to the United Nations, as a prelude to her state visit to Taiwan's diplomatic allies in the Caribbean. While meeting with the Permanent Representatives to the United Nations of Taiwan's allies, President Tsai reiterated that Taiwan's 23 million people have the right to participate in the U.N. system. She also emphasized that Taiwan is committed to joining hands with global partners to help achieve the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals to forge the world we want, and the future we need.

The Sustainable Development Goals form a blueprint for a better and more sustainable future, aiming to guide the world down a sustainable and resilient path with "no one left behind." In the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development this July, UN Secretary-General António Guterres stressed again the pressing need to accelerate relevant actions. Likewise, he called on nations to advance the "Inclusion Imperative" because "development is not sustainable if it is not fair and inclusive."