His Holiness the Dalai Lama will participate in an International Conference to be held under the auspices of His Excellency Vaclav Havel, President of the Czech Republic and Mr. Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, in Prague, from 3 - 7 September 1997, Czech Republic.

The Conference is known as "Forum 2000"(Concerns and Hope on the Threshold of the New Millennium) and it is expected to review the lessons of the past of human history and propose alternatives for the future It will address such issues as human values, cultural coexistence and challenges for accepting responsibility for the future of our planet. While noting that the world is more and more interlinked and is becoming smaller where there is no place on the planet whose destinies do not concern every body everywhere. Thus the existence of humankind, its cultures and civilization will be the main topic of the Conference.

It will be attended by numerous personages of world renown. They include Nobel Laureates, philosophers, writers, politicians, journalists and religious figures.

Besides taking part in this very important International Conference His Holiness the Dalai Lama will meet President Havel separately.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama will be received by vice-president of the Senate, Mrs Moserova, in the House of the Senate where His Holiness is also expected to meet several members of the Senate including the President of thc Senate.