For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 14, 2004
Statement by the President on S. 2092, an Act concerning participation of Taiwan in the WHO
Today, I have signed into law S. 2092, an Act concerning
participation of Taiwan in the World Health Organization. The United
States fully supports the participation of Taiwan in the work of the
World Health Organization, including observer status. The United
States has expressed publicly its firm support for Taiwan's observer
status and will continue to do so. Consistent with the President's
constitutional authority to conduct the Nation's foreign affairs, the
Executive shall construe the Act to be consistent with the "one China"
policy of the United States, which remains unchanged, and determine the
measures best suited to advance the overall goal of Taiwan
participation in the World Health Organization. The executive branch
also shall construe the reporting requirement in section 1(c) of the
Act in a manner consistent with the President's constitutional
authority to withhold information the disclosure of which could impair
foreign relations, the national security, the deliberative processes of
the Executive, or the performance of the Executive's constitutional
duties. As a matter of comity, the Secretary of State will continue to
keep the Congress appropriately informed of the matters addressed by
the reporting requirement.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
June 14, 2004.
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