US committee pushes WHO bid - TW

With unanimous support, a US House of Representatives committee indicated it supported the entry of Taiwan into the World Health Organization
By Charles Snyder
STAFF REPORTER , IN WASHINGTON
Friday, Apr 02, 2004,Page 2

The US House International Relations Committee has approved a bill that supports Taiwan's participation in the World Health Organization (WHO) and prods the State Department to find a way to gain observer status for Taiwan at next month's meeting of the World Health Assembly in Geneva.

By unanimous consent, the committee on Wednesday passed and sent to the House floor a bill that would authorize Secretary of State Colin Powell to devise a plan to gain observer status at the meeting for Taiwan, instruct the US delegation in Geneva to carry out the plan and introduce a resolution supporting Taiwan's observer status at the assembly summit.

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