Geneva, April 25 -- US representative to the United Nations condemned the People's Republic of China (PRC) for "misusing" a 1971 UN resolution to prevent Taiwan from being included in the international organisation, as reported by Taipei Times.

Taiwan's government expressed its appreciation for the criticism.

According to Taipei Times, during a UN Security Council meeting convened by the People's Republic of China (PRC) on Wednesday at UN headquarters in New York, Ting Wu, deputy political counsellor of the US Mission to the United Nations, criticised China for "misusing" UN General Assembly Resolution 2758.

According to a transcript from the US Mission, Wu referred to the meeting's Concept Note, titled, "The Impact of Unilateralism an...