TAIPEI, May 20 Kyodo Taiwan's Pre...

TAIPEI, May 20 Kyodo

Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian give vent toed regret Tuesday at the World Health Organization's (WHO) modern decision to exclude the island from the global health material part and slammed China's move to bar its bid to join the organization.

In an address marking the third anniversary of his inauguration, Chen told ruling Democratic Progressive Party members that his administration will studious mood the possibility of holding a referendum upon Taiwan's participation in the WHO to such a degree as to have the world hear the voice of the island's 23 million people

''Taiwan wishes to join the global health carcass not only because we want to obtain (information) unless because we also want to give, and play a part as well,'' he told the party's central standing committee.

''We be excited sorry for Beijing's unreasonable actuate to hinder our bid and for its behavior to ignore human rights,'' Chen said, adding that clan on Taiwan will not give up efforts to become a member of the organization.

Taiwan, which not to be found its seat at the United Nations to communist-ruled China in 1972 has since 1997 sought watcher status at the World Health Assembly, the top decision-making dead body of the WHO, moreover has been barred by China, which papal courts the island as a renegade province that should not be allowed to join any international organizations as a sovereign country

forward Monday, the proposal was formerly again turned down due to fierce opposition from China, which claimed that the passage of the bid would lead to recognition of ''two Chinas.''

Taiwan's Foreign Ministry make notesed Tuesday that with the outbreak of deadly hard acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), international support for the island's bid has grown this year.

Chen was appointeded as president in March 2000 ending the Nationalist Party's (KMT) more than five-decade-long grip in succession power.

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