From: Michelle Lin
Sent: Mar. 31, 1999

To all potential signers:



  With the recent impeachment processes going on, how many people remember

  President Clinton's summit in China this past June?  How many remember 

  his clear betrayal when he stated the three noes (no support for Taiwan

  independence, no "One China, one Taiwan" and no support for Taiwan's

  participation in international organizations) as official U.S. policy 

  towards Taiwan?  This statement occured at a time when the children in 

  Taiwan were suffering from a  fatal virus-- enterovirus type 71 (which 

  causes severe inflammation of muscles around the brain, spinal cord and 

  heart).  Taiwan is still suffering from this virus, which in the beginning

  affected babies and small children, has now spread to teenagers and 

  adults.  The doctors in Taiwan, however, are severely handicapped because

  they can not share in the wealth of medical resources offered by the World

  Health Organization (one of the international organizations that the 

  Clinton administration does not support Taiwan's participation in).  The

  WHO does not support Taiwan's membership either, due to resistance in

  China; it has rejected Taiwan's bid for membership for the past two years.

  The enterovirus epidemic, however, is not the sole reason why Taiwan

  should join the WHO.  Currently, the UNAIDS report does not have any data

  of the AIDS virus in Taiwan, since it is not considered a country. 

  Therefore, Taiwan is pretty much non-existent as far as global

  surveillance of HIV goes. 

 

  The World Health Organization, in denying Taiwan and other countries

  membership, has revealed their cruel, politically-based attitude.  As

  Congressman Ross Brown said, the WHO "should not be about geopolitics, it

  should be about helping humanity."  Good health should be available to

  everyone, and not limited to a privileged people.

  

  If you agree with all of the above, please sign this petition by e-mailing

  your name, address, and e-mail address to me at Chelleline@aol.com.  



  Thank you very much!