[ Published by FREEDOM FOR TIBET/DEMOCRACY IN CHINA ! - Number 57 May 1st, 1997 ]

The campaign for the collection of signatures on the Parliamentarian's appeal urging a meeting between the Secretary General of the UN and the Dalai Lama has reached the Australian Parliament. Thanks to the work of Chime R, Choekyapa, the Dalai Lama's representative in Canberra, an additional 25 Parliamentarians have signed the appeal. The total has now risen to 1,457 signatures.