London, 9 July 1990. Delegations coming from 35 countries have taken part to the International Conference on Tibet, held from the 6th to the 9th of July. The conference, presided by Lord Hon Ennals, was promoted by the parliamentary intergroups for Tibet of the House of Lords and of the U.S. Congress. At the conclusion of the conference, a solemn statement was approved, urging, among other things, the government of the People's Republic of China to:

- "start, with no further delay, effective negotiations with the representatives appointed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama for a peaceful transfer of power, aimed at the achievement of independence for the people of Tibet, in compliance with its unquestionable rights, and based on the Plan of Peace in five points;

- to cease any action that violates the rights of the Tibetan people to self-determination, and especially to abandon the policy of transfer of Chinese population to Tibet, and any other action concerning the cultural genocide which is being carried out (...)."

At the conclusion of the conference, several delegations suggested the candidature of Rome as the see of an International Secretariat for Tibet, with functions of coordination of all the parliamentary initiatives in supporting the Tibetan cause. Giovanni Negri, secretary of the Social Democrat Parliamentary Group and member of the Federal Council of the Radical Party, who was heading the Italian delegation, thanked for this candidature, and promised an in-depth evaluation of the feasibility of the International Secretariat in Rome.