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His Holiness to speak on human rights issues in UK
Tuesday, 13 May 2008, 10:59 a.m.
Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown will meet His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Lambeth Palace, in London, on 23 May (file photo of AFP)
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New York: His Holiness the Dalai Lama has agreed to a request by the Foreign Affairs Committee of UK Parliament to speak on human rights issues on 22 May, when His Holiness visits United Kingdom from 22 - 30 May.
The meeting will take place in Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House.
The Foreign Affairs Committee is scrutinising the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Human Rights Human Rights Annual Report, focusing on issues and countries where human rights are of particular concern.
"Given the particular interest in China's human rights record in 2008, the Committee has requested to take oral evidence from His Holiness the Dalai Lama on a range of human rights issues when he visits the United Kingdom in May, and His Holiness has agreed to this request," said the Foreign Affairs Committee.
On Friday, 23 May, Prime Minister Gordon Brown will meet His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Lambeth Palace, the spokesman of the prime minister confirmed.
The spokesman said: "Prime Minister Gordon Brown would be meeting His Holiness in his capacity as a spiritual leader, but no doubt it would be an opportunity to discuss the recent situation in Tibet."
During the 9-day UK visit, His Holiness the Dalai Lama will deliver a series of public talks and confer teachings.
His Holiness will deliver a talk on Universal Responsibility In The Modern World, in London.
In Nottingham, His Holiness will give general talks on Bringing Meaning to Our Lives.
From 26 to 28 May, His Holiness will confer three-day teachings on Je Tsongkhapa's Praise to the Buddha for His Discourses on Dependent Origination (tendrel toepa). On the morning of 28 May, His Holiness will confer the Vajrasattva Empowerment.
His Holiness will deliver a keynote address at a Colloquium on Christian and Buddhist Traditions and Prayers in Oxford.
His Holiness will deliver a public talk at the Sheldonian Theatre on the wider understanding of the Buddhist tradition in Oxford 30 May.
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