Member states of the United Nations
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| 2025 | Italian foreign minister Antonio Tajani publicly stated that the WHO made a mistake by excluding Taiwanese scientists during the COVID pandemic. |
| 2024 | US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged the WHO to invite Taiwan as an observer, emphasizing 'Health for All'. Taiwanese health minister Chiu Tai-yuan and Legislative Yuan Vice President Johnny Chiang led delegations to Geneva in support of Taiwan's inclusion. |
| 2024 | A Taiwanese man in China was sentenced to nine years in prison for supporting Taiwan's UN inclusion, under new Chinese laws. |
| 2024 | First EU candidate elected to a UN human rights treaty body (UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities). |
| 2024 | India increased its UN budget contribution to US$32,895,257. |
| September 2024 | Parvathaneni Harish was appointed as India's Permanent Representative (UN Ambassador) to the United Nations. |
| August 2024 | Former U.S. ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley visited Taiwan and advocated for its full UN membership. |
| July 4 2024 | China rejected Western human rights reform recommendations at a U.N. Human Rights Council session, while accepting nearly 70% of suggestions from allies. |
| May 2024 | The same two Taiwanese reporters were again asked to provide an official Chinese passport by the media credentials review committee, with the International Federation of Journalists renewing calls for press freedom. |
| May 10 2024 | Palestine was granted additional rights in the UN, including being seated with member states, the right to introduce proposals and agenda items, and participate in committees, though without voting rights. |
| May 10 2024 | The UN General Assembly passed a resolution urging the Security Council to consider Palestine's membership request, granting additional observer state rights with 143 votes in favor. |
| January 12 2024 | The Taiwan Non-Discrimination Act passed the U.S. House of Representatives, calling for increased participation of Taiwan in international financial institutions. |
| 2023 | Jonas Parello-Plesner, executive director of the Alliance of Democracies Foundation, wrote an opinion piece in Politico calling for the UN to recognize Taiwan's voice. |
| 2023 | Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute attended COP28 as an observer, conducting 46 bilateral meetings with officials from 35 governments to discuss climate change, despite not being an official party to the UNFCCC. |
| 2023 | Twelve of Taiwan's diplomatic allies and 42 international parliaments submitted letters to UNFCCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell advocating for Taiwan's inclusion in UNFCCC and Paris Agreement mechanisms. |
| 2023 | India contributed US$30,540,402 to the UN budget. |
| 2023 | India contributed 6,073 personnel (5,946 male and 127 female) to UN Peacekeeping Missions, which was almost double the combined contribution of the five permanent UN Security Council members. |
| July 2023 | US House of Representatives passed the Taiwan International Solidarity Act to clarify Resolution 2758's scope. |
| May 2023 | The WHA rejected Taiwan's request to join its annual meeting as an observer, despite support from multiple countries including the United States, United Kingdom, France, and others. |
| May 22 2023 | Two Taiwanese journalists from Central News Agency were denied entry to the World Health Assembly in Geneva, prompting international press freedom organizations to call for unrestricted journalist access. |
| March 2023 | Journalists at a UN press conference challenged the UN spokesperson about discriminatory policies excluding Taiwanese visitors from UN headquarters. |
| March 2023 | Initiated activities in Geneva, expanding beyond its initial New York base. |
| January 2023 | U.S. Congresswoman Young Kim and Congressman Al Green introduced the Taiwan Non-Discrimination Act to advocate for Taiwan's admission into the IMF. |
| 2022 | The United States was part of the UN's assessed regular budget of $3.12 billion for the fiscal year. |
| December 2022 | India held the Presidency of the UN Security Council for a second time during its current term. |
| December 2022 | Conducted First Meeting of National Coordinators in Tehran, resulting in the publication of their fifth political declaration. |
| September 2022 | United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg voiced support for Taiwan's participation in the ICAO assembly, arguing that critical airspace administrators like Taiwan should meaningfully participate in ICAO's work. |
| September 2022 | Held 3rd Ministerial Meeting in New York City during the UN General Assembly High-Level Week, with six additional countries (Burundi, Ethiopia, Mali, Namibia, South Africa, and Vietnam) participating as guests or observers. |
| 2021 | An American Catholic school modified and ultimately removed references to Taiwan from an article to secure approval for attending the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, demonstrating China's influence in UN NGO participation processes. |
| 2021 | US Secretary of State Antony Blinken supports Taiwan's participation in the UN on the 50th anniversary of the ROC's UN membership replacement by the PRC. |
| 2021 | China called the UN Human Rights Office report on Xinjiang regarding human rights abuses against the Uyghurs 'invalid and illegal'. |
| 2021 | Initial membership included Algeria, Angola, Belarus, Bolivia, Cambodia, China, Cuba, North Korea, Eritrea, Iran, Laos, Nicaragua, Russia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Syria, Venezuela, and Palestine (as an observer state). |
| 2021 | Equatorial Guinea, Zimbabwe, and Mali joined the group, while Angola and Cambodia withdrew their membership, bringing the total membership to 18 states. |
| August 2021 | India assumed the Presidency of the UN Security Council for the first time during its current term. |
| July 2021 | The Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations was established in New York, initially comprised of 16 UN member states and one UN observer state, with Venezuela serving as the initiator of the grouping. |
| March 10 2021 | Group of Friends issued a concept note highlighting growing global unilateralism and concerns about isolationist actions and withdrawal from multilateral agreements. |
| January 2021 | India began its 8th term as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, focusing on key issues including maritime security, peacekeeping, and counter-terrorism. |
| 2020 | Taiwan's successful COVID-19 pandemic response gained international attention, with strong support for its WHO inclusion from the United States, Japan, Germany, and Australia. |
| 2020 | The United States provided 27.89 percent of the UN assessed peacekeeping budget of $6.38 billion for the fiscal year. |
| December 21 2020 | Resolution passed on Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people over their natural resources in Occupied Palestinian Territory, with 153 countries voting Yes, 6 No, and 17 Abstaining. |
| December 16 2020 | UN General Assembly voted on the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, with 168 countries voting Yes, 5 No, and 10 Abstaining. |
| December 11 2020 | Resolution on Assistance to the Palestinian People passed by consensus. |
| December 10 2020 | UN General Assembly passed resolutions on Assistance to Palestine Refugees, with 169 countries voting Yes, 2 No, and 7 Abstaining. Also voted on resolutions regarding UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees and Palestine Refugees' properties. |
| December 2 2020 | UN General Assembly voted on multiple resolutions related to Palestine, including the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, with 91 countries voting Yes, 17 No, and 54 Abstaining. |
| January 2020 | ICAO blocked Twitter accounts of scholars, policy analysts, and congressional staffers who inquired about Taiwan's potential inclusion in COVID-19 planning and logistics. |
| 2019 | The president of the Air Transport Association of Canada publicly advocated for Taiwan's inclusion in ICAO, emphasizing aviation safety from an operational perspective. |
| 2019 | United Nations Human Rights Office was accused of sharing lists of human rights activists' names since 2013, which included Tibetan and Uyghur dissidents. |
| December 13 2019 | Resolution on Persons Displaced as a Result of June 1967 and Subsequent Hostilities passed, with 162 countries voting Yes, 6 No, and 9 Abstaining. |
| October 2019 | US Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft addressed the UN Security Council, denouncing Hamas as a terrorist organization that oppresses Palestinians in Gaza, criticizing its violence, use of children, and attacks on Israeli civilian areas. |
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