From Taipei Times:
On the matter of Taiwan, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has gone too far, even for the US State Department.
The matter began innocuously enough. In March, the tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru deposited with the UN secretary-general Taiwan’s ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.
Ban returned the letter on March 28 to the Nauru representative, explaining he could not accept the document. He referred to UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 (XXVI) of Oct. 25, 1971. [Full Text]
John Tkacik is a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation.
