Taipei, Aug 19 (DPA) Taiwan, in a major policy change, will stop seeking to join the UN at the upcoming UN General Assembly but will try to join some UN organisations, a newspaper reported Wednesday.

In line with President Ma Ying-jeou's call for diplomatic truce with China, along with pragmatic reasons, Taiwan will stop mobilising its diplomatic allies to ask the UN General Assembly to discuss Taiwan's membership but will seek to join some UN organisations, the United Daily News said.

The 64th UN General Assembly will open Sep 15 in New York, and its general debate will be held from Sep 23-30.

The UN agencies Taipei seeks to join are the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), the World Bank, the Food and Agriculture Organisation, the International Civil Aviation Organisation and the International Maritime Organisation, the paper said, quoting an unnamed official.

The News said that joining WMO has special urgency for Taiwan after typhoon Morakot triggered landslides and killed some 500 mountain villagers Aug 8.