Global Green Congress Passes Resolution Supporting Tibet

New York: The second Global Green Congress held in Sao Paoulo, Brazil, from 1-4 May, passed a resolution strongly condemning China's brutal repression of the Tibetan demonstrations in Tibet and expressed serious concern about the Chinese government's policy of assimilating large number of Chinese immigrants into Tibet.

The resolution sponsored by German, French and Taiwanese Green Parties, calls for an independent international inquiry into the tragic events in Tibet and urged the Chinese authorities to grant foreign reporters full access to Tibet.

While regretting that the past six rounds of talks between the Beijing and Dharamshala remained inconclusive, the resolution supported His Holiness the Dalai Lama's call for a resumption of dialogue of serious negotiations between the two sides with a view of achieving a genuine autonomy for Tibet within China.

The resolution also welcomed the Beijing's recent announcement of its willingness to resume a dialogue with the representatives of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and stressed "the need for a real talk between both sides to enter into a substantive and constructive dialogue with a view to reach a sustainable solution acceptable to all that would fully respect Tibetan culture, religion and identity".

The resolution also called on the Chinese authorities to invite His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games as a sign of goodwill.

At the concluding ceremony, Tsewang Phuntso, liaison officer at the Office of Tibet in New York, presented His Holiness the Dalai Lama's views on the current crisis and his plans for achieving a comprehensive and lasting solution to the Tibet question.

Phuntso shared with the delegates the development in Tibet since 10 March of this year and the current plight of the people inside Tibet. He urged the leaders of the Global Greens to press for immediate remedies for the suffering of the Tibetan people.

He informed the delegates that His Holiness the Dalai Lama remains steadfast to his commitment to the Middle-Way Approach, non-violence and engaging in dialogue with China.

More than 1000 delegates of Green Parties and Global Young Greens from 80 countries attended the four-day conference. Prominent delegates to the Congress include Green Party leaders from Brazil, Australia, Canada, Germany, member of the European Inter group of Tibet Milan Horacek, Italy, New Zealand, France, Belgium.

--Report filed by Tsewang Phuntso, Liaison Officer, Latin America, OoT, New York