{"id":345677,"date":"2026-09-13T16:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T16:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/345677\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T16:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T16:56:11","slug":"march-in-new-york-urges-taiwans-inclusion-in-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/345677\/","title":{"rendered":"March in New York urges Taiwan\u2019s inclusion in UN"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than 100 Taiwanese-Americans, Taiwanese lawmakers and members of civic groups on Saturday marched through New York City to call for Taiwan\u2019s participation in the UN, with Marshall Island Permanent Representative to the UN John Silk joining the event to show support. <\/p>\n

Participants chanted: \u201cUN for Taiwan\u201d and \u201cKeep Taiwan Free\u201d as they marched through central Manhattan, passing Times Square and Bryant Park before ending near the New York Public Library. The annual march brought together Taiwanese community groups from across the US East Coast. <\/p>\n

Silk expressed hope that Taiwan would one day be able to participate in UN meetings as a member, saying that was a goal shared by Taiwan, the Marshall Islands and the international community. <\/p>\n

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Photo: CNA<\/p>\n

In addition to the Taiwan United Nations Alliance (TAIUNA), Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Wang Yi-chuan (\u738b\u7fa9\u5ddd), Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Yeh Yuan-chih (\u8449\u5143\u4e4b) and Taiwan People\u2019s Party Legislator Tsai Chun-chou (\u8521\u6625\u7da2) also formed a delegation to visit New York. However, the TAIUNA said that only Wang attended the march from start to finish, while Yeh and Tsai were absent. <\/p>\n

Wang said the annual march provides an opportunity for Taiwan to make its voice heard near the UN headquarters. <\/p>\n

Many passersby stopped to take photos or videos, and gave the marchers a thumbs-up when they heard the \u201cUN for Taiwan\u201d chants, he said. <\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy of the office via CNA<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a very good opportunity to promote Taiwan,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n

Wang said Taiwan is part of the international community and has gained global attention for its semiconductor and technology industries. <\/p>\n

He expressed hope that the campaign would continue to ensure Taiwan\u2019s voice is heard by UN member states and eventually help pave the way for the nation to join the organization under its own name. <\/p>\n

In addition to Saturday\u2019s march, the government is also conducting promotional activities in the city during the ongoing UN General Assembly session to raise international awareness of its exclusion from the UN system. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said it will continue to seek international support for Taiwan\u2019s participation in UN activities and related organizations. <\/p>\n

The 81st Session of the UN General Assembly opened on Tuesday last week, with the high-level General Debate scheduled for Tuesday next week to Saturday and Sept. 28. <\/p>\n

Additional reporting by Huang Chin-hsuan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 100 Taiwanese-Americans, Taiwanese lawmakers and members of civic groups on Saturday marched through New York City…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,24,55,54,56,30978,30977],"class_list":["post-345677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-the-taipei-times","tag-30977"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}