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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 687 

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’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 15, 2024 

Mr. RISCH (for himself and Mrs. SHAHEEN) submitted 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 Assembly 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 ultimate political status; 


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Whereas the PRC has recently linked resolution 2758 with its 

‘‘One China Principle’’ and has claimed that resolution 

2758 addresses the matter of Taiwan’s sovereignty; 

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 equivalent 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 acceptance 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 Daniel Kritenbrink, Assistant Secretary of State, 

Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs, testified before 

the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate in 

2024 that the PRC ‘‘misused and misinterpreted’’ resolution 2758 to influence countries to change their diplomatic recognition to the PRC; 

Whereas the ‘‘one China policy’’ of the United States acknowledges the PRC’s ‘‘One China Principle’’, but affirms that— 


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(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 Assurances to Taiwan’s President Chiang Ching-kuo, including 

that the United States had not changed its stance on 

Taiwan’s sovereignty, 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 international fora, including at the World Health Organization, the International Civil Aviation Organization, and 

Interpol; 

Whereas the PRC has bolstered its claims and engaged in revisionist history by successfully altering historic United 

Nations documents to changes references to ‘‘Taiwan’’ to 

‘‘Taiwan, Province of China’’; 

Whereas, in 2005, the Secretary of the World Health Organization signed a memorandum of understanding with the 

PRC Ministry of Health regarding how the World Health 

Organization would engage with Taiwan, which included 


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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 assertion 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 Taiwanese citizens, including 

those with official invitations to attend United Nations 

events, journalists, and representatives of nongovernmental organizations, to obtain PRC-issued Taiwan Compatriot 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 statement in 2021, which identified the United Nations’ exclusion of Taiwanese 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 National Security Advisor, stated that— 

(1) the PRC manipulates resolution 2758 to make 

false claims regarding Taiwan’s status in order ‘‘to undermine the international order and the international system’’; and 

(2) resolution 2758 ‘‘relates solely to the occupancy 

of the China seat at the United Nations and nothing 

more’’; 

Whereas, in August 2023, the Central American Parliament 

(also known as ‘‘PARLACEN’’) expelled Taiwan, after 

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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, 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; and 

Whereas the PRC cites resolution 2758 as a justification to 

coerce, intimidate, or punish sovereign nations for engagement and partnership with Taiwan: Now, therefore, 

be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) reaffirms that the longstanding ‘‘one China 

3 policy’’ of the United States does not affirmatively 

4 recognize the People’s Republic of China’s claim to 

5 control over Taiwan and its outlying islands, but 

6 rather ‘‘acknowledges’’ this position, reaffirms the 

7 interest of the United States in a peaceful resolution 

8 of cross-Strait issues, ‘‘has not agreed to take any 

9 position regarding sovereignty over Taiwan’’, and 

10 ‘‘will not exert pressure on Taiwan to enter into ne11 gotiations with the PRC’’; 

12 (2) reaffirms that the ‘‘one China policy’’ of the 

13 United States and the similar policies of its partners 

14 are not equivalent to the ‘‘One China Principle’’ of 

15 the Chinese Communist Party; 


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1 (3) emphasizes that United Nations General 

2 Assembly resolution 2758 is not equivalent to, and 

3 does not endorse, the PRC’s ‘‘One China Principle’’; 

4 (4) emphasizes further that resolution 2758 

5 does not take a position on Taiwan’s ultimate polit6 ical status, as explicitly recognized by PRC leaders 

7 at the time, and does not represent a United Na8 tions consensus on Taiwan’s status; 

9 (5) opposes China’s use of the ‘‘One China 

10 Principle’’ to coerce the United States, Taiwan, and 

11 other countries to accept its claims over Taiwan; 

12 (6) supports Taiwan’s diplomatic allies in con13 tinuing official relationships with Taiwan, and other 

14 nations across the world in strengthening their part15 nership with Taiwan; 

16 (7) reaffirms support for Taiwan’s membership 

17 in international organizations for which statehood is 

18 not a requirement for membership and encourages 

19 meaningful participation for Taiwan in organizations 

20 in which its membership is not possible; 

21 (8) encourages the United States Government 

22 to work with partners on joint efforts to counter 

23 China’s false narratives about resolution 2758; and 

24 (9) supports the efforts of other countries to 

25 differentiate between their policies and the ‘‘One 


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1 China Principle’’ to counter China’s propaganda 

2 about international views of Taiwan. 

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