US President Biden signs Resolve Tibet act – Greater Kashmir

Washington DC [US], July 13: US President Joe Biden on Friday signed “The Resolve Tibet Act” which states that China’s ongoing occupation of Tibet should be resolved per the worldwide legislation peacefully and never by way of repression.

Biden’s authorities known as on China to renew direct dialogue, with out preconditions, with the Dalai Lama, or his representatives, to hunt a settlement that resolves variations and results in a negotiated settlement on Tibet.

The act- Selling a Decision to the Tibet-China Dispute Act, popularly often known as the Resolve Tibet Act, states that it’s American coverage that the Tibet challenge should be resolved in accordance with worldwide legislation by peaceable means, by way of dialogue with out preconditions.

“The Resolve Tibet Act cuts to the center of China’s brutal therapy of the Tibetan folks,” mentioned Tencho Gyatso, President of the Worldwide Marketing campaign for Tibet.

The invoice sees Tibetans as folks with their very own spiritual, cultural, linguistic and historic identification. It recognises that China is suppressing the Tibetans’ lifestyle.

The Dalai Lama has repeatedly known as for China to grant real autonomy to the Tibetan folks, and it’s clear beneath worldwide legislation that persons are entitled to self-determination. When Home Overseas Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) spoke earlier than it handed Congress, he expressed his hopes that the brand new legislation will assist “put the folks of Tibet accountable for their future.”

The legislation promotes a decision of the dispute between Tibet and China. It empowers Tibet to counter disinformation about Tibet from the Chinese language authorities. Rejects as “inaccurate” China’s false claims that Tibet has been a part of China since “historical occasions.”

It promotes dialogue between China and the Dalai Lama with out preconditions.

The US may also ‘discover actions to enhance prospects’ to guide a negotiated settlement on Tibet, together with coordination with different nations, to carry a negotiated settlement on Tibet.

The Central Tibetan Administration welcomed the settlement.

In a submit on X, the Tibetan Administration mentioned, “BREAKING NEWS: Resolve Tibet Act, is now a legislation after US President Joe Biden signed on 12 July 2024. It helps the US counter misinformation from the PRC and help the rights of Tibetans.”

College students for a Free Tibet, an NGO working in solidarity with the Tibetan folks of their wrestle for freedom and independence, mentioned the legislation echoes the need of Tibetans.

In a submit on X, the NGO mentioned, “BREAKING: S. 138 The Resolve Tibet Act is formally signed into US legislation! This legislation will amplify our capacity to echo the need of the Tibetan folks, particularly these inside Tibet, who’ve by no means accepted China’s 65-year unlawful occupation of their homeland. #FreeTibet”.

On Friday, a memorial occasion for Tibetan freedom fighter Tulku Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, marking the anniversary of his unjust loss of life in Chinese language custody, was organized on the Gangkyi Tibetan Library within the North Indian hill city of Dharamshala the place the audio system urged China to free all political prisoners.