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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. RES. 86
Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding United Nations General Assem-
bly Resolution 2758 (XXVI) and the harmful conflation of China’s ‘‘One
China Principle’’ and the United States’ ‘‘One China Policy’’.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY20, 2025
Mr. R
ISCH(for himself, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. RICKETTS, and Mr. COONS) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on
Foreign Relations
RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding United Nations
General Assembly Resolution 2758 (XXVI) and the
harmful conflation of China’s ‘‘One China Principle’’ and
the United States’ ‘‘One China Policy’’.
Whereas, on October 25, 1971, United Nations General As-
sembly passed Resolution 2758, which recognizes the
Government of the People’s Republic of China (referred
to in this preamble as the ‘‘PRC’’) as the representative
of the member state ‘‘China’’ in the United Nations;
Whereas the purpose of Resolution 2758 was to address the
question of which government would represent the
‘‘China’’ seat at the United Nations, and not to address
any other issues, including issues related to Taiwan’s ul-
timate political status;
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Whereas, in recent years, the PRC has linked Resolution
2758 with its ‘‘One China Principle’’ and has claimed
that Resolution 2758 addresses the matter of sovereignty
over Taiwan;
Whereas the ‘‘One China Principle’’ is a policy held by the
Chinese Communist Party that—
(1) the PRC is the sole sovereign nation using the
name ‘‘China’’; and
(2) Taiwan is an inalienable part of China;
Whereas Resolution 2758 did not endorse and is not equiva-
lent to the ‘‘One China Principle’’ and countries that
supported Resolution 2758 do not necessarily accept the
‘‘One China Principle’’;
Whereas Resolution 2758 does not represent an international
consensus regarding the PRC’s stance that Taiwan is
part of China;
Whereas PRC officials misrepresent Resolution 2758 by
claiming the adoption of Resolution 2758 implies accept-
ance of the ‘‘One China Principle’’ and the PRC’s claims
to Taiwan;
Whereas the PRC misleadingly claims that countries with a
‘‘one China policy’’ have accepted and abide by the
PRC’s ‘‘One China Principle’’;
Whereas Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said, in
a 2024 hearing before the Committee on Foreign Affairs
of the House of Representatives, that Resolution 2758
‘‘is a tool [that China uses] to make the argument that
somehow Taiwan’s status is illegitimate’’, and reiterated
United States commitments to Taiwan;
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Whereas the ‘‘one China policy’’ of the United States ac-
knowledges the PRC’s ‘‘One China Principle’’, but af-
firms that—
(1) the United States does not take a position on
Taiwan’s status; and
(2) this issue should be resolved peacefully by the
people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait;
Whereas, in 1982, during the administration of President
Ronald Reagan, the United States conveyed Six Assur-
ances to Taiwan’s President Chiang Ching-kuo, including
that the United States had not changed its position re-
garding sovereignty over Taiwan, and each subsequent
United States presidential administration has reaffirmed
these Six Assurances;
Whereas Taiwan has established representative offices in
more than 60 countries and at the European Union and
the World Trade Organization, which disproves the
PRC’s claim of a unified United Nations position or
international consensus on Taiwan’s status;
Whereas the PRC has weaponized Resolution 2758 and the
‘‘One China Principle’’ to isolate Taiwan and to prevent
its meaningful participation at the United Nations,
United Nations-affiliated agencies, and other inter-
national fora, including at the World Health Organiza-
tion, the International Civil Aviation Organization, and
Interpol;
Whereas the PRC has bolstered its claims and engaged in re-
visionist history by successfully altering historic United
Nations documents to changes references to ‘‘Taiwan’’ to
‘‘Taiwan, Province of China’’;
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Whereas, in 2005, the Secretary of the World Health Organi-
zation signed a memorandum of understanding with the
PRC Ministry of Health regarding how the World Health
Organization would engage with Taiwan, which included
a requirement that communication with Taiwan go
through the PRC;
Whereas United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon
cited Resolution 2758 when refusing Taiwan’s accession
to the United Nations in 2007, based on the incorrect as-
sertion that Resolution 2758 supports China’s claim that
Taiwan is part of China;
Whereas the United Nations has used Resolution 2758 as a
justification for requiring Taiwan citizens, including
those with official invitations to attend United Nations
events, journalists, and representatives of nongovern-
mental organizations, to obtain PRC-issued Taiwan Com-
patriot Permits in addition to their passport or a PRC
passport to gain entry to United Nations facilities;
Whereas Secretary of State Antony Blinken released a state-
ment in 2021, which criticized the United Nations’ exclu-
sion of Taiwan civil society members and emphasized
that denying entry to such individuals undermines the
work of the United Nations;
Whereas, in 2022, Robert O’Brien, former United States Na-
tional Security Advisor, stated that—
(1) the PRC manipulates Resolution 2758 to make
false claims regarding Taiwan’s status in order ‘‘to un-
dermine the international order and the international sys-
tem’’; and
(2) Resolution 2758 ‘‘relates solely to the occupancy
of the China seat at the United Nations and nothing
more’’;
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Whereas, after the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China
passed a model resolution clarifying the contents of Reso-
lution 2758 in 2024, the Australian Senate, the Dutch
House of Representatives, the United Kingdom House of
Commons, the Canadian House of Commons, and the
European Parliament have all approved resolutions op-
posing the PRC’s distortion of Resolution 2758 and ef-
forts by the PRC to block Taiwan’s meaningful participa-
tion in international organizations;
Whereas, in August 2023, the Central American Parliament
(also known as ‘‘PARLACEN’’) expelled Taiwan, after
more than 20 years as a permanent observer, from hold-
ing such status at its sessions and falsely claimed that
Resolution 2758 deemed Taiwan a ‘‘province of mainland
China, which disqualifies it from participating as an
Independent country’’;
Whereas, in October 2024, South Africa’s Department of
International Relations and Cooperation echoed PRC
propaganda by inaccurately citing Resolution 2758 as
justification to direct Taiwan’s representative office to re-
locate outside of the capital, Pretoria;
Whereas the PRC cites Resolution 2758 as a justification to
coerce, intimidate, or punish sovereign nations for en-
gagement and partnership with Taiwan; and
Whereas, since 2016, the PRC has successfully induced or
pressured 10 nations: Sa˜o Tome´and Principe, Panama,
the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Burkina Faso,
Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Nicaragua, Honduras, and
Nauru, to cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan: Now, there-
fore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate— 1
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(1) reaffirms that the longstanding ‘‘one China 1
policy’’ of the United States does not affirmatively 2
recognize the People’s Republic of China’s claim to 3
control over Taiwan and its outlying islands, but 4
rather ‘‘acknowledges’’ this position, reaffirms the 5
interest of the United States in a peaceful resolution 6
of cross-Strait issues, ‘‘has not agreed to take any 7
position regarding sovereignty over Taiwan’’, and 8
‘‘will not exert pressure on Taiwan to enter into ne-9
gotiations with the PRC’’; 10
(2) reaffirms that the ‘‘one China policy’’ of the 11
United States and the similar policies of its partners 12
are not equivalent to the ‘‘One China Principle’’ of 13
the Chinese Communist Party; 14
(3) emphasizes that United Nations General 15
Assembly Resolution 2758 is not equivalent to, and 16
does not endorse, the PRC’s ‘‘One China Principle’’; 17
(4) emphasizes further that Resolution 2758 18
does not take a position on Taiwan’s ultimate polit-19
ical status, as explicitly recognized by PRC leaders 20
at the time, and does not represent a United Na-21
tions consensus on Taiwan’s status; 22
(5) opposes China’s use of the ‘‘One China 23
Principle’’ to coerce the United States, Taiwan, and 24
other countries to accept its claims over Taiwan; 25
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(6) supports Taiwan’s diplomatic allies in con-1
tinuing official relationships with Taiwan, and other 2
nations across the world in strengthening their part-3
nerships with Taiwan; 4
(7) reaffirms support for Taiwan’s membership 5
in international organizations for which statehood is 6
not a requirement for membership and encourages 7
meaningful participation for Taiwan in organizations 8
in which its membership is not possible; 9
(8) recognizes that Taiwan is a reliable and in-10
dispensable partner on issues ranging from global 11
health to advanced manufacturing, and its resources 12
and expertise are assets from which the inter-13
national community should fully benefit; 14
(9) supports ensuring that Taiwan passport 15
holders are able to access United Nations grounds 16
and should not be required to provide PRC-issued 17
identification; 18
(10) encourages the United States Government 19
to work with partners on joint efforts to counter 20
China’s false narratives about Resolution 2758; and 21
(11) supports the efforts of other countries to 22
differentiate between their policies and the ‘‘One 23
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China Principle’’ to counter China’s propaganda 1
about international views of Taiwan. 2
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