This file photo taken on March 30, 2021 shows an exterior view of the headquarters of the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

BEIJING/GENEVA - The World Health Assembly (WHA), the highest decision-making body of the World Health Organization, on Monday decided not to include in its agenda a proposal on Taiwan's participation in the annual assembly as an observer.

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The 76th WHA, kicked off here on Sunday, focused on "saving lives, driving health for all," the WHO said in a statement.  

Ma Xiaoguang, spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, on Monday urged Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party to stop their grandstanding over participating as an observer in this year's World Health Assembly.

"Any attempts that challenge the one-China principle will not succeed and will not be accepted by the people," he said. 

He made the remarks while responding to a question regarding the decision of the 76th WHA not to include the proposal submitted by a small number of countries on inviting Taiwan to participate in the assembly as an observer.

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Taiwan is a part of China, and the decision of the 76th WHA reaffirmed the one-China principle as a universal consensus of the international community, said the spokesman.

He criticized the DPP for not recognizing the 1992 Consensus which embodies the one-China principle by attempting to raise the proposal.

"Any challenge to the one-China principle is bound to fail," he added.