Ireland Reaffirms its Tibet Concern
Ireland has reassured its support for improvement in Tibet’s human rights situation at a meeting between Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Tom Kitt and His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Representative in London, Kesang Takla, on December 18, 2003.
Statement by Neil Steedman, Founder Chairman of Tibet Support Group -Ireland
I thank the members of this Committee for giving me the opportunity to add some words to those just presented. As a visitor coming to ask something of the Irish Government, as an experienced diplomat
The tale of two Karmapas
Karmapa Urgyen Trinley – also sometimes spelt as Orgyen Trinley – has a term for what is holding him back from taking up his seat as head of his Tibetan Buddhist lineage at Rumtek monastery in Sikkim – “environmental problems”.
Chen adds Mongolia to strait debate
President Chen Shui-bian on Sunday said that there are “three countries on each side of the Taiwan Strait,” following KMT Chairman Lien Chan’s endorsement of his view that there are independent countries on each side across the strait.
Doctor reaches Tibetan Plateau
A Cochrane doctor weathered altitudes of 14,000 feet, exposure to potentially fatal diseases and having to drink yak-butter tea for one month to deliver desperately-needed health care
Cyclist braves heat for children of Tibet
Determined to make a difference Victorian-based cyclist Brian Sommerfield has braved freezing temperatures in Goulburn and the dry humid heat of the north-west in his quest to raise money for the children of Tibet.
They come from Tibet
Bill Kirchner, of Medina, has learned something new about Tibetan monks since they’ve been staying with him. They love Jackie Chan movies. “They sit there and watch it and laugh and laugh and laugh,” Kirchner said.