The Prime Minister of St. Vincent, Ralph Gonsalves, has issued a passionate plea for lasting peace across the Taiwan Straits and, crucially, for Taiwan’s inclusion in specialized agencies of the United Nations. The statement, delivered during his address at the U.N’s 80th assembly, underscored the urgent need to address a decades-old geopolitical impasse. The call for peace comes against a backdrop of increasingly strained relations between mainland China and Taiwan. China views Taiwan as a renegade province, while Taiwan maintains it is an independent, sovereign state. Gonsalves concluded his statement with a renewed call for peaceful dialogue and a commitment to working with all stakeholders to find a lasting solution.