§ Mr. RoyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to support Taiwan's efforts to be granted observer status at the World Health Organisation. [121322]
§ Mr. RammellI refer my hon. Friend to the answers I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Tooting (Mr. Cox) on 26 March 2003,Official Report, column 260W, and 28 April 2003, Official Report, column 134W.
A number of World Health Assembly (WHA) members proposed that Taiwan be granted observer status to the WHA. China and a number of countries strongly opposed this. This proposal did not make the agenda for the WHA and was not therefore discussed.