Tibetan Plateau under the Mercy of Climate Change and Modernisation
We (at the Environment and Development Desk at DIIR, CTA) would like to alert all our readers about the impacts of Climate Change and Unplanned Urbanization on the Tibetan Plateau in series of short articles Permafrost Degradation and Glacial Meltdown…
UN Human Rights Chief Urges China to Respect Human Rights in Tibet
Navi Pillay addresses the 12th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva/© UN photo/Gilles Sereni Dharamshala: Expressing concern over the recent events in Tibet and East Turkestan (Chinese: Xinjiang), Ms Navanethem Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human…
Kalon Tripa Professor Samdhong Rinpoche’s Keynote Address on Round Table Discussion on “Greater Tibet”
New Delhi, 27 August 2009: Introduction Since 1979, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has adopted the Middle-Way Approach of not seeking separation but for Tibet to remain within the People’s Republic of China (PRC). His Holiness the Dalai Lama has…
President Barack Obama’s Emissary Meets His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Left – US President Barack Obama's emissary, Valerie Jarrett (center) along with US State Department Under Secretary Maria Otero (right) talking to His Holiness the Dalai Lama during their meeting at the latter's residence in Dharamsala this morning Dharamsala: US…