1.Taiwan's efforts to participate in WHA unsuccessful for 10th timeThe 59th World Health Assembly (WHA)--the annual meeting of the World Health Organization's (WHO) nearly 200 member states--is taking place at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, May 22-27. 2.Filmmakers show off their works at CannesThough international film festivals have proliferated over the years, the Cannes Film Festival, established in 1939 and this year running a dozen days from May 17 to May 28, remains the world's most prestigious. The festival also continues to be a lightening rod for global controversy over what is and is not socially acceptable artistic expression.3.World bodies cling to a hypocritical oathEvery year, the government and people of Taiwan launch bids to take part in the activities of bodies like the United Nations and the WHO, and every year the answer is no. As staff writer Rita Fang notes, this pattern exposes great hypocrisy. Taiwan's 10th bid for observer status in the World Health Assembly proved unsuccessful May 22 when the issue failed to make it onto the agenda for the 59th WHA. Observers of Taiwan's longstanding effort to take part in the activities of the World Health Organization's highest decision-making body, including the ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs, were anything but surprised at the news.