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Less than 1 per cent of Taiwanese think it is urgent to join UN
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 02 - 03 - 2008

Less than 1 per cent of Taiwanese voters believe it
is urgent for the island to join the United Nations, with an opinion
poll Sunday showing that most Taiwanese regard a controversial UN
membership referendum as a phony issue, reported dpa.
Of the 1,065 eligible voters surveyed, only 0.4 per cent of the
respondents said the government must make accession to the global
body a priority, according to the survey by the Taiwan
Competitiveness Forum.
Some 63.6 per cent think that it is more important for the
government to improve the economy and general living standards on the
island.
"The fact that not many voters think that the government should
place the UN membership as the priority of its task shows that voters
do not believe the passage of the UN membership referendum would
increase Taiwan's membership chance," said Peng Chin-peng,
secretary-general of the forum.
A referendum initiated by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party
(DPP) on joining the United Nations in the name of Taiwan is to take
place on March 22 alongside the presidential election.
The referendum has met with strong opposition from the United
States and China, which considers the island a part of China and
with no right to join the United Nations.
The United Nations awarded the China seat to Beijing from Taipei
in 1971, and Taipei has repeatedly applied to rejoin the global body
without success since the early 1990s due to China's opposition.
Beijing, a rival of Taiwan since the two sides split at the end of
a civil war in 1949, has said the referendum is the first step
towards declaring independence. It has threatened to attack Taiwan if
it declares formal independence from China.


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