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Taiwan applied for full membership of the World Health Organisation in the name of Taiwan. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman commented that secessionist moves by Taiwan authorities disguised as health initiatives "will not succeed". The WHO secretariat later notified Taiwan that its application was not accepted on the ground that it was not a sovereign state. Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian said the WHO rejection, under political interference from China, violated the WHO's charter to promote universal health.

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