U.S. Ambassador to India, Timothy J. Roemer, today inaugurated a new Tibetan Refugee Reception Center in Dharamsala, India, funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement between the State Department and the Tibet Fund, a U.S.-based non-government organization that works to preserve the Tibetan identity in exile. »continue
Ambassador Roemer, accompanied by Mrs. Roemer, was welcomed at the RC by more than 100 new refugees from Tibet and senior members of the CTA.
KATHMANDU: Visiting US under-secretary of State Maria Otero on Monday took up the Tibetan refugee issue with Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal and urged him to stick to the international practice of providing safe transit to trans-country refugees. »continue
The International Campaign for Tibet welcomes the appointment of Under Secretary Maria Otero as the Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, announced today by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. »continue
Maria Otero, with Lodi Gyari, the Dalai Lama's Special Envoy, has been named the new Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues.
When I meet with the Dalai Lama today, I fully expect him to reaffirm his strong commitment to engaging Chinese officials in dialogue. President Bush has repeatedly expressed his own steadfast support for dialogue between the Dalai Lama and China's leadership. »continue
The Senate Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, chaired by Senator Barbara Boxer, on April 23 convened a hearing on "The Crisis in Tibet: Finding a Path to Peace", where members of the committee discussed working with the Bush a »continue
Speaker Pelosi, with the members of a bipartisan congressional delegation that met on March 21 in Dharamsala with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, introduced House Resolution 1077 on April 3 evening which calls on China to cease the crackdown, release protestors, pr »continue
US President George Bush signed the Tibetan Policy Act (TPA) into law yesterday as part of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003 (H.R. 1646). »continue