Washington: A group of U.S. Congress members introduced a resolution on Friday to reject China’s use of United Nations Resolution 2758 and the “One China” policy endorsed by the United States and its partners to assert its territorial claims over Taiwan.

According to Focus Taiwan, the proposed non-binding resolution stated that China had “weaponized Resolution 2758” to “isolate Taiwan and to prevent its meaningful participation” in the world body and U.N.-affiliated agencies. The resolution indicated that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) had attempted to link the resolution passed by the 1971 General Assembly with its “one China” principle, claiming it addressed the matter of sovereignty over Taiwan.

The proposed resolution clarified that Resolution 2758 dealt with the question of which government would represent “China” at the U.N., without addressing any other issues, including Taiwan’s ultimate political status. It also highlighted the “harmful conflation” between Beijing’s “one China” principle and the “one China” policy adopted by the U.S. and its partners.

Under its “one China” policy, the U.S. acknowledges China’s claims over Taiwan but does not take a position on Taiwan’s status, as the proposed resolution noted, while emphasizing that Beijing “misleadingly” claims that “countries with a ‘one China’ policy have accepted and abide by the PRC’s ‘one China’ principle.”

The resolution was put forward by Senators Jim Risch and Jeanne Shaheen, chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with six other senators and members of the House of Representatives.

In a press release issued on the same day, Risch expressed that “America does not recognize China’s claim over Taiwan,” while criticizing the Chinese government for attempting to manipulate the United Nations for its own purposes. He affirmed U.S. support for Taiwan.

Shaheen emphasized that the bipartisan resolution opposed “Beijing’s attempts to prevent Taiwan’s meaningful participation in the United Nations.” She called for the United States, its partners, and the U.N. to oppose the Chinese Communist Party’s tactics regarding Taiwan.

Senator Chris Coons added that the proposed resolution would signal a rejection of “China’s coercive attempts to limit Taiwan’s role on the global stage and to intimidate other countries from strengthening their own partnerships with Taiwan.”

Risch and Shaheen had introduced a similar resolution to Congress last May, which stalled afterward.