ICAO’s Outrageous Practice of Blocking Twitter Users Who Reference Taiwan USDoS 20200201

【縛雞之見】

美國譴責ICAO。

用的是Taiwan’s legitimate role in international issues

Taiwan’s participation in international organizations

不僅僅針對ICAO的行為，還提及武漢肺炎。

針對的是the political insecurities of member states，也就是中國等國家。

ICAO’s Outrageous Practice of Blocking Twitter Users Who Reference Taiwan    USDoS 20200201

The United States is deeply concerned about actions taken by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to suppress freedom of expression and curtail important discussion of Taiwan’s legitimate role in international issues.  Blocking Twitter users who make reference to Taiwan’s participation in international organizations, particularly given the global response to the coronavirus crisis, is outrageous, unacceptable, and not befitting of a UN organization.  Taiwan has a relevant and credible voice on transnational health issues, and the United States has long supported its active engagement in international venues, including ICAO, where its expertise can be beneficial.  We call upon ICAO to immediately and permanently reverse its practice of blocking discussion of Taiwan on its Twitter properties and make clear publicly its understanding that freedom of expression must always supersede the political insecurities of member states.

美國對國際民航組織（ICAO）為壓制言論自由和減少對台灣在國際問題上的合法角色的重要討論而採取的行動深表關切。阻止提及台灣參與國際組織的Twitter用戶是無恥的，不可接受的，而且不適合聯合國組織，特別是考慮到全球對冠狀病毒危機的回應。 台灣在跨國健康問題上具有相關的和可信的聲音，美國長期以來一直支持其積極參與包括國際民航組織在內的國際場所，在該領域中，其專業知識可能是有益的。我們呼籲國際民航組織立即永久撤銷其阻止在其Twitter財產上對台灣進行討論的做法，並公開表明其理解，即言論自由必須始終取代成員國的政治不安全感。