TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The representative office in Guam helped clean beaches as a way of thanking the United States territory for its support of Taiwan’s bid to attend the World Health Assembly (WHA), reports said Saturday (April 20).

The WHA meets in Geneva, Switzerland, each year in May, but Taiwan has been prevented from attending for many years due to interference by China. The Legislature of Guam voted four years in a row to support Taiwan’s bid, per CNA.

The Taiwan office on the island joined the local tourism service to clean up Ypao Beach Saturday. While the event was also used to mark Earth Day, which falls on April 22, participants showed Taiwan’s flag and a banner with the phrase “Let Taiwan Help.”

More than 300 people joined the event, including politicians, business people, scholars, teachers, and Taiwanese residents in Guam. The representative office said it would continue to deepen cooperation with the Pacific island territory in all domains, while thanking its Legislature for its unanimous passage of the WHA motion.