Taiwan And The World Health Organisation (EDM714)

Taiwan And The World Health Organisation

EDM number 714 in 2003-04, proposed by Tom Cox on 26/02/2004.

That this House notes and supports the request of Taiwan to be granted observer status to the World Health Organisation; notes that this request is also supported by the United States, Japan, the European Parliament, the World Medical Association and the British Medical Association; further notes that Taiwan has made substantial achievements in the field of health and that in recent years it has extended humanitarian and medical assistance to many other parts of the world; further notes the commitment made by the Government and people of Taiwan to work within the system of the World Health Organisation for the benefit of humanity; further notes that Her Majesty's Government will consider with our European Union partners any proposal for Taiwanese involvement in the World Health Organisation; and requests that Her Majesty's Government clearly urges at the forthcoming annual World Health Assembly in Geneva, members of the World Heath Organisation to support Taiwan's participation in the sessions and work of its forthcoming annual meeting in Geneva and other meetings of the World Health Organisation in the capacity of observer.

This motion has been signed by a total of 33 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Tom Cox	26/02/2004	Tooting	Labour	Proposed
John Smith	26/02/2004	Vale of Glamorgan	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	26/02/2004	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	26/02/2004	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	26/02/2004	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	26/02/2004	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
David Wilshire	26/02/2004	Spelthorne	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	26/02/2004	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Jane Griffiths	27/02/2004	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	27/02/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Syd Rapson	01/03/2004	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	01/03/2004	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Bob Spink	01/03/2004	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Helen Jones	01/03/2004	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	01/03/2004	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Ann Winterton	01/03/2004	Congleton	Independent Conservative	Signed
Frank Roy	02/03/2004	Motherwell & Wishaw	Labour	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	02/03/2004	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	02/03/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	02/03/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	02/03/2004	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	02/03/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	03/03/2004	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
John Austin	03/03/2004	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	04/03/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Nick Hawkins	04/03/2004	Surrey Heath	Conservative	Signed
Eric Illsley	04/03/2004	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	04/03/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	04/03/2004	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Roy Beggs	04/03/2004	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Nick Harvey	08/03/2004	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	08/03/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	08/03/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed

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