Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung will be attending events organized by the
government and N-G-O's in Geneva this week to coincide with the upcoming
World Health Assembly.

Lin is Taiwan's first top diplomat to have visited the Swiss city during the
annual meeting of the global health body.

The foreign minister says he has already attended two events there with
Health Minister Shih Chung-liang.

Lin took part in an annual symposium organized by the European Federation of
Taiwan Health Alliance and a banquet hosted by the health ministers and
permanent representatives of allied nations in Geneva.

The traveling diplomat said although Taiwan was not invited to participate in
the W-H-A again this year, it has never been absent from the critical moments
whenever the global public health system needs Taiwan.

Taiwan's representative office in Geneva, says Lin and Shih also held a press
event on Sunday to release a government-produced promotional video calling
for Taiwan's inclusion in the W-H-A.

The 79th W-H-A is scheduled to take place in Geneva from today through
Sunday.