April 23 - 24, 1997
Washington D.C.
Program
Wednesday, April 23, 1997
09:30 am Inaugural Session
House Committee on International Relations Hearing Room
Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2172
Lodi G. Gyari, President, International Campaign for
Tibet
Prof. S. Rinpoche, Chair, Assembly of Tibetan People's
Deputies
Hon. Benjamin Gilman, Chairman, House Committee on
International Relations
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
11:00 am Reception by the Congressional Human Rights Caucus
Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2200
12:00 noon The Geopolitical Importance of Tibet
Moderator: Hon. Joe Scarborough*, Member, United
States Congress
Discussants: - Kalon T.C. Tethong, Minister for
Information & International Relations,
Tibetan Government in Exile.
- Hon. George Fernandes, Member of
Parliament, India
1:00 pm Luncheon and Address
Ways and Means Committee Room, Capitol Building, H-137
Dr. Alfredo Martinez Moreno, The United Nations'
Obligation to Tibet, Former Minister and a member of
the UN delegation from El Salvador.
2:30 pm Committees
The Grand Hyatt Hotel, 1000 H Street, NW
Committee 1 (Franklin Square)
Promoting Negotiations for Tibet
Moderator: Olivier Dupuis, Secretary of the
Transnational Radical Party and Member of the European
Parliament
Discussants: Hon. Consiglio Di Nino, Senator, Canada
Hon. Vicki Bourne, Senator, Australia
Hon. S.Rinpoche, Chair, Tibetan Parliament
Committee 2 (Farragut Square)
Humanitarian Assistance to Tibetan Refugees
Discussants: Hon. Thupten Lungrig, Vice Chairman of
Tibetan Parliament
Mr. Mark Kirk, Counsel, House
International Relations Committee, U.S.
Congress
Committee 3 (Lafayette Park)
Post-Deng China and Opportunities for Tibet
Discussants: Dr. Drew Liu, Executive Director, China
Strategic Institute, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Orville Schell, Dean, School of
Journalism, University of California -
Berkeley
3:30 pm Break
4:00 pm Discussion on Committee Topics
Moderator: Dr. Michael van Walt, General Secretary,
Unrepresented Nations and People's
Organization, The Hague
6:00 pm Light of Truth Award Reception
Independence Ballroom, Grand Hyatt Hotel
7:00 pm Light of Truth Award Presentation and Banquet
Independence Ballroom, Grand Hyatt Hotel
Presentation of the International Campaign for Tibet's
Light of Truth Award to former Members of Congress,
Senator Claiborne Pell and The Honorable Charlie Rose
Thursday, April 24, 1997
9:30 am Multilateral Strategies for Tibet
House Committee on International Relations Hearing Room
Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2172
Moderator: Hon. Nancy Pelosi, United States Congress
Discussants: Hon. Ela Gandhi, Member of Parliament,
South Africa
Hon. Ian Revell, Deputy Speaker, New
Zealand Parliament
10:30 am Break
11:00 am Multilateral Strategies for Tibet. Discussions
Moderator: Hon. Harald Ellefsen*, MP, Norway
12:00 pm Lunch
The Capitol Room, Capitol Building, S-115
Remarks: Hon. John Porter, Co-Chair, Human Rights
Caucus, United States Congress
1:30 pm Open Forum
Constitution Ballroom, The Grand Hyatt Hotel
This session will discuss and approve the Convention's
Declaration.
Moderators: Hon. George Fernandes, Member of
Parliament, India
Hon. Consiglio Di Nino, Senator, Canada
2:30 pm Break
3:00 pm Concluding Ceremony
Remarks: Hon. Vicki Bourne, Senator, Australia
Hon. Tempa Tsering, Secretary, Department
of Information & International Relations,
Tibetan Government in Exile
5:30 pm Interfaith Gathering for Religious Freedom in Tibet
Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin
Ave
7:00 pm Farewell Dinner
The Grand Hyatt Hotel
Hosted by Kasur Dawa Tsering, Representative, Office of
Tibet, New York
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