Islamabad (TDI): Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Jiang Zaidong has urged the international community to stop what he called the “misrepresentation” of a key UN resolution that recognizes Beijing as the sole legitimate representative of China, including Taiwan.
In a statement issued Thursday, Ambassador Jiang strongly defended the relevance of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758, passed in 1971, saying it leaves no room for confusion over Taiwan’s legal status at the UN.
“The resolution clearly affirms the People’s Republic of China as the only lawful representative of China at the United Nations,” he said, adding that efforts to reinterpret it are politically motivated and threaten regional peace.
He accused certain governments, without naming them, of spreading “false narratives” suggesting that Resolution 2758 did not clarify Taiwan’s position under international law. “Such distortions are not just misleading; they amount to interference in China’s internal affairs,” he said.
The 1971 resolution, adopted with overwhelming support from the global community, including Pakistan and 22 other co-sponsors, resulted in the expulsion of Taiwan’s representatives from the UN and its affiliated agencies, replacing them with those of the People’s Republic of China.
Ambassador Jiang stressed that the resolution “settled once and for all” who represents China at the UN. He called it a “legal and political milestone” that affirmed the One-China principle.
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“Taiwan has always been part of China, this is not just a position held by China, but a broadly accepted historical and legal fact,” he said, citing the Cairo Declaration of 1943, the Potsdam Proclamation of 1945, and the Japanese Instrument of Surrender at the end of World War II as evidence of international consensus on the issue.
Jiang noted that since the establishment of the People’s Republic in 1949, Beijing has been recognized as the sole legal government of China, a stance endorsed by the majority of the world. He pointed out that attempts during the 1970s by some countries to push for a “dual representation” at the UN were firmly rejected.
Interestingly, he said, even representatives from the Taiwan authorities at the time had admitted that most countries regarded Taiwan as part of China.
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Today, 183 countries, including Pakistan, maintain diplomatic ties with China based on the One-China policy. Jiang noted that UN agencies, including its Office of Legal Affairs, continue to refer to Taiwan as a “province of China” in their official documents.
“The Taiwan authorities do not possess any government status under international law,” he said, adding that UN terminology guidelines also reflect this legal position.
Farkhund Yousafzai is an Associate Editor at The Diplomatic Insight.
