IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 148 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding United Na-
tions General Assembly Resolution 2758 (XXVI) and the harmful 
conflation of China’s ‘‘One China Principle’’ and the United States 
‘‘One China Policy’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 21, 2025 
Mrs. KIM (for herself, Mr. BERA, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, 
Mr. CASTRO of Texas, and Mr. GOTTHEIMER) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regard-
ing 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 
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any other issues, including issues related to Taiwan’s ul-
timate political status; 
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 House of Representatives— 
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(1) reaffirms that the longstanding ‘‘one China 
policy’’ of the United States does not affirmatively 
recognize the People’s Republic of China’s claim to 
control over Taiwan and its outlying islands, but 
rather ‘‘acknowledges’’ this position, reaffirms the 
interest of the United States in a peaceful resolution 
of cross-Strait issues, ‘‘has not agreed to take any 
position regarding sovereignty over Taiwan’’, and 
‘‘will not exert pressure on Taiwan to enter into ne-
gotiations with the PRC’’; 
(2) reaffirms that the ‘‘one China policy’’ of the 
United States and the similar policies of its partners 
are not equivalent to the ‘‘One China Principle’’ of 
the Chinese Communist Party; 
(3) emphasizes that United Nations General 
Assembly Resolution 2758 is not equivalent to, and 
does not endorse, the PRC’s ‘‘One China Principle’’; 
(4) emphasizes further that Resolution 2758 
does not take a position on Taiwan’s ultimate polit-
ical status, as explicitly recognized by PRC leaders 
at the time, and does not represent a United Na-
tions consensus on Taiwan’s status; 
(5) opposes China’s use of the ‘‘One China 
Principle’’ to coerce the United States, Taiwan, and 
other countries to accept its claims over Taiwan; 
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(6) supports Taiwan’s diplomatic allies in con-
tinuing official relationships with Taiwan, and other 
nations across the world in strengthening their part-
nerships with Taiwan; 
(7) reaffirms support for Taiwan’s membership 
in international organizations for which statehood is 
not a requirement for membership and encourages 
meaningful participation for Taiwan in organizations 
in which its membership is not possible; 
(8) recognizes that Taiwan is a reliable and in-
dispensable partner on issues ranging from global 
health to advanced manufacturing, and its resources 
and expertise are assets from which the inter-
national community should fully benefit; 
(9) supports ensuring that Taiwan passport 
holders are able to access United Nations grounds 
and should not be required to provide PRC-issued 
identification; 
(10) encourages the United States Government 
to work with partners on joint efforts to counter 
China’s false narratives about Resolution 2758; and 
(11) supports the efforts of other countries to 
differentiate between their policies and the ‘‘One 
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China Principle’’ to counter China’s propaganda 
about international views of Taiwan. 
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