When the General Assembly convened on September 17th, Lu led a group called the "Alliance for the Promotion of U.N. Membership for Taiwan" in a protest outside the U.N. building shouting "Open the U.N. to Taiwan!"
今年九月十七日，聯大國大會在紐約召開，一支來自台灣，由呂秀蓮率領的「台灣加入聯合國宣達團」，在聯合國大廈前高呼「聯合國大門應為台灣而開」的口號。