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CONFERENCE RESOLUTIONS:
2006 Annual Conference Resolution

2008 General Conference Resolution
 

SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES: 
Suggested activities to mark the 21st birthday of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama, on 25 April 2010.
  

ACTION ITEMS:
TIBETAN PLATEAU/CHINA EARTHQUAKE RELIEF
by Diane Allen
April 19 UMCOR press release
 
SUPPORT TIBETAN REFUGEE LEGISLATION
Call or write to your US Representative to urge favorable action on HR 6536 The Tibetan Refugee Assistance Act of 2008, sponsored by George Miller of Martinez, CA. This bill has been sitting in the House Judiciary Committee since its introduction July 17, 2008 during the 110th Congress. [We are currently in the 111th Congress, however, legislation from the 110th is still pending.] Phone numbers and addresses for both home and Washington, DC offices can be found at http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_State.shtml. Click on your state to get your Representative's website information. 
 
Call the office of the Chair of the House Juciciary Committee, John Conyers, Jr. at (202) 225-3951 and leave a message of support for H.R. 6536.
 
Call House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office in San Francisco at (415) 556-4862 or her Washington DC office at (202) 225-0100.
 
The International Campaign for Tibet is seeking relief aid at www.savetibet.org.

NEWS:
The Tibet Update eNewsletter is a bimonthly summary of news and governmental actions related to Tibet. Past issues in PDF format are also available here.
 
ARTICLES:
Unrest In Tibet Continues As Human Rights Violations Escalate 
Amnesty International, 10 March 2009 – go to: (www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/unrest-tibet-continues-human-rights-violations-escalate-20090310)
 
An Olive Branch From the Dalai Lama
New York Times, August 7, 2008
by Nicholas D. Kristof
When the Olympics open on Friday, the Dalai Lama won’t be there. Each side put out feelers about his attendance and was tantalized by the idea, but in the end the mutual distrust was too great to overcome.
 
Tibet is one of the major shadows over the Olympics and over China’s rise as a great power, sullying its international image and triggering unrest that is likely to worsen in coming years. Yet that doesn’t have to be. Continued at: (http://tanc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=174)
 
The Middle-Way Approach: A Framework for Resolving the Issue of Tibet
A Statement issued by the Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR) (updated August 2006), Central Tibetan Administration, Dharamshala, H.P., India
Go to (http://www.tibet.net/en/index.php), type in The Middle-Way Approach.

LINKS:
Links to Tibetan web sites in the U. S. and abroad
  
 
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