TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Taipei Representative Office in the EU and Belgium X account on Monday (May 13) posted a cartoon created by a Belgian artist pointing out that the word “Taiwan” is nowhere to be seen in the U.N. resolution that expelled the country from the organization in favor of China.
The cartoon was drawn by 44-year-old illustrator Lectrr (Instagram @lectrr). In the illustration, two men casually walk away from a “Loch Ness” sign.
While staring back bug-eyed at the monster, one man asks his companion “You know what's really impossible to find?” His friend replies, “Taiwan in U.N. Resolution 2758...”
The representative office pointed out that despite the lack of the word “Taiwan” in the resolution, “China continues to distort and weaponize the resolution to impede Taiwan's international participation.” It then called on people to read U.N. Resolution 2758 for themselves.
When asked by Taiwan News about his inspiration behind the cartoon, Lectrr said, “The news about Taiwan is a hot topic in Europe as well, with the shifting world powers that also have an impact on life here.”
The only indirect reference to Taiwan in the resolution calls for the expulsion of "the representatives of Chiang Kai-shek from the place which they unlawfully occupy at the United Nations and in all the organizations related to it." As Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) died in 1975, it is unclear what "representatives" the resolution now refers to.