[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[S. Res. 169 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 169

  Expressing the sense of the Senate welcoming His Holiness the Dalai 
                Lama on his visit to the United States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            September 8 (legislative day, September 5), 1995

 Mr. Thomas (for himself, Mr. Helms, Mr. Pell, Mr. D'Amato, Mr. Mack, 
   and Mrs. Feinstein) submitted the following resolution; which was 
                        considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of the Senate welcoming His Holiness the Dalai 
                Lama on his visit to the United States.
Whereas historically Tibet has demonstrated those attributes which under 
        international law constitute statehood: it has had a defined territory 
        and a permanent population; it has been under the control of its own 
        government; and it has engaged in, or had the capacity to engage in, 
        formal relations with other states;
Whereas beginning in 1949 Tibet was forcibly and coercively invaded and occupied 
        by the People's Republic of China;
Whereas under the principles of international law Tibet is an occupied country 
        and its true representatives continue to be His Holiness the Dalai Lama 
        and the Tibetan Government-in-exile, which the Congress has recognized 
        on several occasions;
Whereas the Tibetan people are historically, territorially, and culturally 
        distinct from the Chinese population in the People's Republic of China 
        and were forcibly incorporated into the People's Republic of China;
Whereas the Tibetan people are entitled to the right of self-determination as 
        recognized in 1961 by the United Nations General Assembly in Resolution 
        No. 1723;
Whereas instead of being afforded that right they have been subjected to 
        repressive actions on the part of the Government of the People's 
        Republic of China, which have resulted in the deaths of countless 
        Tibetans, the destruction of over 6,000 temples and monasteries as well 
        as much of Tibet's unique cultural and spiritual patrimony, the flight 
        of the Dalai Lama and over 100,000 Tibetans from their homeland, the 
        establishment in Tibet by the Chinese of a consistent and well-
        documented pattern of human rights abuses including numerous violations 
        of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights, and the settlement of 
        thousands of Chinese in Tibet in an effort to reduce Tibetans to being a 
        minority in their own land; and
Whereas this September His Holiness the Dalai Lama will be making his first 
        extended visit to Washington, DC, since 1993: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) warmly welcomes His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the 
        United States;
            (2) urges the President to meet with His Holiness the Dalai 
        Lama during his visit to discuss substantive issues of interest 
        to our two respective governments, and to continue to encourage 
        the Government of the People's Republic of China to meet with 
        the Dalai Lama or his representatives to discuss a solution to 
        the present impasse in their relations; and
            (3) urges His Holiness the Dalai Lama to remind the Tibetan 
        people that, as they move forward in their struggle toward 
        preserving their culture and regaining their freedom, the 
        Congress and the American people stand with them.
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