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- From: nlu@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Nelson Lu)
- Subject: Re: Taiwan, UN, PRC [Was Re: more than 50% support TI]
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.002329.6642@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU>
- Sender: news@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU
- Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
- References: <1992Dec31.180236.609@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> <1992Dec31.230254.8998@cbnews.cb.att.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 00:23:29 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec31.230254.8998@cbnews.cb.att.com> liaohen@cbnews.cb.att.com (Heng-Hsin Liao) writes:
- >From article <1992Dec31.180236.609@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>, by li@sicvax.enet.dec.com (Tom Li):
- >>
- >> Most of us want Taiwan return to the UN. But PRC has veto rights it can be
- >> extremely difficult.
- >
- >I am not sure about the above argument. Are there experts who can help us
- >to clarify it? It's even better that the source of reference is given.
- >
- >Do USA have right to veto Texas' applying for entering UN when Texas
- >declare independence after a Texas referendum?
- >
- >How about Tibet (if they can have one referendum someday) ?
- >
- >How about Taiwan?
-
- I think the veto rights are the case; that was the reason why the Baltic States
- were not admitted to the United Nations initially when they declared
- independence. Not until the failed coup did Russia agree to not to use the
- veto powers to block their entry.
-