At a press conference held upon her return to Taiwan, Wu related what Pat Cox had told her: The UN can invite anyone to come to New York and receive a prize with or without US consent, and he hopes the European Parliament will never again be prevented from awarding an honor to anyone due to visa restrictions.
吳淑珍在十一月十八日的返國記者會中轉述，歐洲議會自由黨團主席寇克斯表示，聯合國位於紐約，但聯合國大會想邀請誰並不需要美國允許，他希望以後受獎人被限制入境的問題不要再發生在歐洲議會。