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Today the International Campaign for Tibet submitted its Recommendations to the new Lithuanian EU Presidency. It called on Lithuania to continue its strong support for Tibet and ensure the Tibet issue is brought back to the forefront of the Council of the European Union’s political agenda, as the Baltic country assumes the six-monthly rotating presidency of the Council.
The European Parliament’s Tibet Intergroup held its 97th meeting by hosting a conference on the state of Tibet’s environment. The conference, jointly organized by the Office of Tibet in Brussels, the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) and the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) took place on 19th June. Keynote speaker was Tenzin Norbu, Head of the Environment and Development Desk of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA).
The European Parliament’s Tibet Intergroup will be holding its 97th meeting by hosting a conference on the state of Tibet’s environment. The conference, jointly organized by the Office of Tibet in Brussels, the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) and the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), will take place on 19th June from 12.30 – 2pm in the European Parliament (Room ASP3H1).
Kalon Dicki Chhoyang, Kalon for Department of Information and International Relations, Central Tibetan Administration was invited to address the swearing in ceremony of Mr. Henri Malosse, the newly elected President of the European Economic and Social Committee of the European Union. The swearing in ceremony was held on 18 April in the European Parliament. Mr. Henri Malosse in his inaugural speech said that one of the figures he was most inspired by was the Dalai Lama and touched upon the worrying human rights situation inside Tibet.
On 10th April the ALDE group is organising a conference on Tibet entitled “Tears of Tibet”. This is a joint initiative by MEPs Ojuland and Donskis. The discussion`s starting point will be the worrying number of self-immolations in Tibet since February 2009 (111 so far). The conference will then touch upon many different issues to highlight the impact of Chinese policies on human rights and the environment in Tibet.
On 14 March 2013 the European Parliament (EP) voted its report on EU-China relations. The Rapporteur in charge of drafting the report was MEP Bastian Belder (NL, Europe for freedom and democracy) of the Committee of Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET). The main positive aspect pointed out in this report is the recent, vast economic development […]
The EU should prove its dedication to the policy of peaceful dialogue and support for human rights and democracy with a strong and consistent EU strategy for human rights. This was the overriding message of a report voted in Plenary in Strasbourg today by ALDE MEP Leonidas Donskis (Liberal Movement, Lithuania). The Annual report on […]
New Nobel Prize Winner, the European Union, must address crisis in Tibet.
On the occasion of the Peace Nobel Prize Ceremony, the International Campaign for Tibet projected on 10 December an image onto the EU Council building in Brussels of the Dalai Lama and Xi Jinping meeting in order to convey a strong message of the urgent need for such a meeting.
DHARAMSHALA: The chair of the EU Human Rights Subcommittee of the European Parliament, Barbara Lochbihler, has criticised the Chinese government over the human rights situation in Tibet. Ms Lochbihler urged Beijing to resume dialogue with His Holiness the Dalai Lama towards finding a lasting solution to the issue of Tibet. She said there should be […]
In this opinion piece published by Euractiv, ICT’s EU Policy Director Vincent Metten calls on the EU’s new Special Representative for Human Rights to raise Tibet with China’s prime minister on the margins of the next EU-China Summit, due to take place in Brussels on 20 September.