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【WHA需要臺灣，臺灣需要WHA】臺灣15大醫事團體聯合國際記者會 - 邱泰源 委員.理事長的英文聲明實況：
-今日(2017/05/10)上午，由臺灣醫師公會全聯會負責籌劃，邀請全臺15個醫事團體醫師、中醫師、牙醫師、藥師、護理師、物治、職能、醫檢、放射、營養、藥劑、助產、語言、牙體和聽力師等公會全聯會，舉辦國際記者會。另外也邀請立法委員王定宇、莊瑞雄、陳其邁、蔡易餘和羅致政參與贊聲。記者會上共同呼籲「WHA需要臺灣，臺灣需要WHA」-Taiwan Joining WHA ！
-臺灣數十年來對民眾健康維護，政府與各醫事組織可說不遺餘力，推動以人為中心的各項照顧，全民健康保險制度也成績斐然。由於醫療保健成效良好，數十年來亦樂於與世界所有國家從事醫療及健康照護的交流，更提供開發中國家醫療及健康照護之人道支援，漸漸成為世界上醫療及健康照護交流中非常重要的貢獻者。WHA需要臺灣，臺灣也需要WHA，臺灣15大醫事團體在此共同呼籲，希望今年WHA大會盡速邀請臺灣與會，讓臺灣作為全球醫療照護及公共衛生的一環，共同為全人類健康努力。

邱泰源委員理事長提出的英文聲明稿如下：
Joint Press Conference with 15 Associations of Taiwanese
Hearth Care Professionals , May 10 2017
WHA NEEDs TAIWAN, TAIWAN NEEDs WHA

The Taiwanese Government has not received a formal invitation to attend the World Health Assembly in Geneva. On behalf of nearly 300,000 professionals in 15 healthcare associations, we express deeply disappointment in the current situation. As an active participant in the global community in healthcare, we have much to contribute. Participation by Taiwan will benefit everyone at the assembly.

The Taiwanese Government is committed to the health of our citizens. Since the National Health Insurance was instituted in 1995, Taiwan has made healthcare a comprehensive and universal care to everyone. Our implementation of a single-payer health insurance has been studied closely by researchers around the world and earned great respect from others.

Taiwan is an important contributor in the global immunization initiative. Close coordination between Taiwan and the rest of the world not only protects our citizen but also protects other countries.

In the meantime, Taiwan is facing many new challenges, such as our aging population. The proportion of seniors is increasing faster than most developed countries worldwide. We have been working on solutions to the challenges of caring for an aging population. We look forward to sharing our lessons and solutions with the rest of the world. Taiwan is modernizing our geriatric care model by strengthening the cooperation between doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals. We also have the best palliative care. The Quality of Death Index in Taiwan is ranked first in Asia and sixth in the world.

Taiwan is among the leaders in healthcare and medicine in Asia and worldwide, and our healthcare associations contribute to various academic and humanitarian activities with great accomplishments. We believe our experience in healthcare is valuable to other countries, and the issues we are facing merit attention and assistance from the rest of the world.

It was our privilege that the WMA general assembly was held in Taiwan last year, during which the Declaration of Taipei, one of the most significant statements on respecting personal privacy in the era of big data and precision medicine, was officially adopted. WHA needs Taiwan and Taiwan needs WHA as well. We urge the World Health Organization to invite Taiwan to the World Health Assembly in Geneva this May.
Taiwan Medical Association (TMA)
President：Dr. Prof. Tai-Yuan Chiu
15 Associations:
Taiwan Medical Association(TMA) 、 National Union of Chinese Medical Doctors' Association ,R.O.C、Taiwan Dental Association 、 Taiwan Pharmacist Association 、 Taiwan Union of Nurses Association 、 Corporation Aggregate National Federation of Associations of Physical Therapists, Taiwan R.O.C. 、 Occupational Therapists Union of The Republic of China 、 Taiwan Association of Medical Technologists 、 Taiwan Association of Medical Radiation Technologists 、 Taiwan Dietitian Association 、 Pharmacist Association Of R.O.C 、 The National Union of Midwives Association R.O.C 、 TAIPEI SLPU 、 Taipei city Dental Technicians 、 Taipei Association of Audiologists

「WHA需要台灣 台灣也需要WHA、TAIWAN JOINING WHA」國際記者會-邱泰源 委員.理事長的英文聲明實況：
今日(2017/05/02)上午，由台灣醫師公會主要 籌劃，與立法委員們在立法院召開合辦「WHA需要台灣 台灣也需要WHA TAIWAN JOINING WHA」國際記者會。邱委員理事長首先發表對各國的英文聲明，強調過去台灣在國際醫療及人道救助上絕不缺席，站在人道的立場，希望WHA發函邀請台灣參與今年WHA大會。

邱泰源委員理事長，英文聲明稿如下：

TAIWAN JOINING WHA

The Taiwanese Government has not received a formal invitation to attend the World Health Assembly in Geneva. On behalf of the 46,000 physicians in Taiwan, the TMA (Taiwan Medical Association) expresses disappointment in the current situation. As an active participant in the global community in healthcare, we have much to contribute. Participation by Taiwan will benefit everyone at the assembly.
The Taiwanese Government is committed to the health of our citizens. Since the National Health Insurance was instituted in 1995, Taiwan has made healthcare a comprehensive and universal care to everyone. Our implementation of a single-payer health insurance has been studied closely by researchers around the world and earned great respect from others.

Taiwan is an important contributor in the global immunization initiative. Close coordination between Taiwan and the rest of the world not only protects our citizen but also protects other countries.

In the meantime, Taiwan is facing many new challenges, such as our aging population. The proportion of seniors is increasing faster than most developed countries worldwide. We have been working on solutions to the challenges of caring for an aging population. We look forward to sharing our lessons and solutions with the rest of the world. For example, Taiwan has an advanced network of primary care and family physicians that deliver people-centered, family-based, community-oriented healthcare. We also have the best palliative care. The Quality of Death Index in Taiwan is ranked first in Asia and sixth in the world.

Taiwan is among the leaders in healthcare and medicine in Asia and worldwide and we are eager to contribute. We know the importance of global efforts towards medical needs, and we are forever grateful to the friendship and assistance from other countries after the Jiji (921) earthquake in 1999. In the same spirit, the Taiwanese healthcare professionals have devoted to disaster reliefs for natural disasters and earthquakes in Indonesia, China (Sichuan, Shaanxi), Haiti, and Japan (Fukushima, Kumamoto), and will continue to do so. We believe our experience in healthcare is valuable to other countries, and the issues we are facing merit attention and assistance from the rest of the world.

It was our privilege that the WMA (World Medical Association) general assembly was held in Taiwan last year, during which the Declaration of Taipei, one of the most significant statements on respecting personal privacy in the era of big data and precision medicine, was officially adopted. We believe that when humanitarian activities are above politics, great things could happen. We urge the World Health Organization to invite Taiwan to the World Health Assembly in Geneva this May. We also ask other World Health Organization members who believe in the importance of global exchange on healthcare issues and those who have been cooperating with Taiwan to pledge your support for our participation.
Tai-Yuan Chiu
President , Taiwan Medical Association
Member of the Legislative Yuan , Taiwan

The position regarding China from the Catholic Church needs to stand with the oppressed believers. Please listen to Cardinal Zen.

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The position of the Holy See regarding the Assembly of Chinese Catholic Representatives

In the middle of December, when Gianni Valente broke the news of the imminent Ninth Assembly of Chinese Catholic Representatives, he rightly qualified it as “The Highest Organism which executes the Religious Policy of the Chinese Authorities for the Catholic Church”.

In more clear words we may say that: it is the most formal and explicit manifestation of the schismatic Nature of the Church in China.

Consequently I asked the question: How can the Holy See just let it take place?

Now comes the Official Declaration from the Holy See. It says that the Holy See “is waiting for hard facts before it makes a judgment”. That means the Holy See would let the Assembly to take place and allow the Catholics to take part in it.

The Declaration says “the position of the Holy See regarding this Assembly is well known”. I have to confess that I have difficulty to understand what that position is exactly.

I remember, in 2010, before the Eighth Assembly, the Pontifical Commission for the Catholic Church in China had issued a communiqué, which obviously had the Pope’s approval, telling the Bishops not to take part in it.

So the Declaration differs from the Communiqué?

If one holds on the communiqué of 2010 (because the mature of the Assembly is objectively “schismatic”) how can he take part in it? Is it not an act of direct and formal cooperation in grivious sin?

Have the people responsible for the Declaration consulted the opinion of the Congregation for the Doctrine (present and past Prefects) and experts in Canon Law (present and former members of the Commission)? The seriousness of the matter seems to demand it.

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Coming back to the Declaration: what “hard facts” they are waiting to see? Don’t the people in Vatican already know the working of those Assemblies?

Everything is controlled by the Government. They used to appoint a lay person, Mr. Liu bai-nian, to preside. The members include all the bishops recognized by the Government, plus representatives from priests, nuns and laity (in what proportion in number compared with the bishops? With what kind of election are they chosen?)

They have authority to pass deliberations, e.g. to modify the Constitutions of the Patriotic Association and of the Bishops’ Conference, after some “fake” discussion.

Their main job is to elect the leadership of the Church for the coming 5 years: President and vice-presidents of the Patriotic Association; President and vice-presidents of the Bishops’ Conference (All the candidates are already seated at the presidential table from the beginning of the Assembly).

Does the Holy See expect radical changes of this procedure?

The Declaration also says: “all the people are waiting to see some positive signals (from the Assembly). What positive signals do they expect to see? That the Government decides to relinquish their control and interference in the internal affairs of the Catholic Church? That the Assembly, led by the Bishops, puts up a “revolution”, swear their loyalty to the Pope and no more to the Atheist Government? (Without a good probability to get these facts there is no sufficient justification for taking part in such Assembly.)

But given the recent tightening of Government Religious policy and increasing tendency to compromise in several bishops (with understanding or even encouragement from the Holy See), there seems to be not even a minimum of possibility of such a revolution.

Gianni Valente talks about “trusting the bishops”. But here you are demanding heroism. Is that fair? In comparison it is much easier to get away and boycott the Assembly than to start a revolution in it. In the Assembly the “opportunists” will raise their voice to support the Government.

Then to judge by facts you need to have reliable information, can you get it? Are the media admitted into the Assembly?

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Is not the Assembly itself taking place already a most evident signal that the Chinese Government is taking a hard position, showing no good will? They simply demand a total surrender. Can we nourish any hope in a good conclusion of the Sino-Vatican talks?

Am I an extreme pessimist? I would like to be proved as such by facts. I would be happy it all my pessimistic prophesies fail and get scorned by my foes. As every Catholic faithful I long for a future of unity and harmony for our Church in China, but a unity in the truth and a harmony in freedom. Our Lord Redeemer will surely grant it to us in His good time. In the meantime for this Christmas time we have better to pray more and give ourselves to fasting.

May the Rising Sun from the East bring us light and warmth!

May Mary and Joseph be our companions in this pilgrimage!

John the Baptist, you said “No” to Herod, pray for us!

Stephen, dying you saw the Heaven opened and the Lord in glory, pray for us! #china #vatican #catholic #sinovatican