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The following resolution, moved by Greens Senator Bob Brown, was

passed by the Australian Senate on Thursday, 29 May, 1997:

"That the Senate

1. Notes the United States' policy on Tibet as outlined by Jeffrey

Bader, US Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asia and Pacific

Affairs, on 13 May 1997; viz:

"The United States encourages China and the Dalai Lama to hold

serious discussions aimed at resolution of differences at an early

date, without preconditions ... We have consistently asseted that

any questions surrounding Tibet and its relationship to Chinese

authorities in Beijing should be resolved by direct dialogue between

the Tibetans, in particular the Dalai Lama, and the Chinese."

2. Urges the Australian Government to emulate this policy.

3. Calls on the People's Republic of China and the Tibetans, in

particular the Dalai Lama, to enter into direct dialogue about the

future of Tibet.