From: mazemun@students.wisc.edu (mojgone azemun)
Subject: (Fwd) flag legislation passed in Madison WI USA
Thought you'd like to know that Students for a Free Tibet-Madison and members of the Tibetan community here were successful in passing state legislation to fly the Tibetan flag above our state capitol building. The legislation is as follows...
Sincerely, Mojgone Azemun
Students for a Free Tibet-Madison
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 19:07:36 -0500
To: deyden@milarepa.org, mazemun@students.wisc.edu
From: rweiss@students.wisc.edu
Subject: (Fwd) legislation passed
To: Sherab
From: rweiss@students.wisc.edu
Subject: March 10th Resolution
Cc:
PROCLAMATION FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR STATE OF WISCONSIN
WHEREAS, the United States Congress has enacted legislation declaring Tibet an occupied country whose true representatives are the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan Government in exile; and,
WHEREAS, the United Nations Human Rights Subcommission has passed a resolution concerning the present threat to the cultural, religious, and national identity of the Tibetan people; and,
WHEREAS, the Clinton administration has made the renewal of China's Most Favored Nation trading status conditional upon significant progress towards the protection of Tibet's distinct religious and cultural heritage and the improvement of human rights in China and Tibet; and,
WHEREAS, the Government of the People's Republic of China denies Tibetans their fundamental human rights, as reported in the State Department's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, and by human rights organizations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, Asia; and,
WHEREAS, on March 10, 1997, Tibetans throughout the world will gather in their host countries to commemorate the Tibetan National Uprising against the Chinese occupation of their country and honor more than a million Tibetans who have died in their struggle for the independence of Tibet; and,
WHEREAS, human rights organizations around the world will sponsor public demonstration on March 10 to protest the situation in Tibet; and,
WHEREAS, Ngawang Choephel, Tibetan ethnomusicologist, has been sentenced to an 18 year prison term plus four years subsequent deprivation of his political rights on December 26, 1996, when no evidence has been provided that his activities in Tibet involved anything other than purely academic research; and,
WHEREAS, the arrest of a Tibetan scholar, such as Mr. Choephel who worked to preserve Tibetan culture, reflects the systematic attempt by the Government to the People's Republic of China to repress cultural expression in Tibet; and,
WHEREAS, the Tibetan flag shall be flown at the Wisconsin State Capitol on March 10, 1997 to display firm support for Tibetan Independence;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, TOMMY G. THOMPSON, Governor of the State of Wisconsin, do hereby proclaim March 10, 1997
TIBETAN INDEPENDENCE DAY
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MAYORAL PROCLAMATION CITY OF MADISON WISCONSIN
WHEREAS, the United States Congress has enacted legislation declaring Tibet an occupied country whose true representatives are the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan Government in exile; and,
WHEREAS, the United Nations Human Rights Subcommission has passed a resolution concerning the present threat to the cultural, religious, and national identity of the Tibetan people; and,
WHEREAS, the Clinton administration has made the renewal of China's Most Favored Nation trading status conditional upon significant progress towards the protection of Tibet's distinct religious and cultural heritage and the improvement of human rights in China and Tibet; and,
WHEREAS, the Government of the People's Republic of China denies Tibetans their fundamental human rights, as reported in the State Department's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, and by human rights organizations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, Asia; and,
WHEREAS, on March 10, 1997, Tibetans throughout the world will gather in their host countries to commemorate the Tibetan National Uprising against the Chinese occupation of their country and honor more than a million Tibetans who have died in their struggle for the independence of Tibet; and,
WHEREAS, human rights organizations around the world will sponsor public demonstration on March 10 to protest the situation in Tibet; and,
WHEREAS, Ngawang Choephel, Tibetan ethnomusicologist, has been sentenced to an 18 year prison term plus four years subsequent deprivation of his political rights on December 26, 1996, when no evidence has been provided that his activities in Tibet involved anything other than purely academic research; and,
WHEREAS, the arrest of a Tibetan scholar, such as Mr. Choephel who worked to preserve Tibetan culture, reflects the systematic attempt by the Government to the People's Republic of China to repress cultural expression in Tibet; and,
WHEREAS, the Tibetan flag shall be flown at the Wisconsin State Capitol on March 10, 1997 to display firm support for Tibetan Independence;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the mayor of the city of Madison, Wisconsin, does hereby proclaim March 10, 1997, as:
"TIBETAN INDEPENDENCE DAY"
in Madison, and commend this observance to the people of the city Paul R. Soglin, Mayor
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From: "Diana Takata" Organization: Students for a Free Tibet
To: deyden@milarepa.org
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 12:17:50 +0000
Subject: (Fwd) legislation passed
CC: rweiss@students.wisc.edu
Deyden,
Can you get with Rachel Weiss at University of WI? I know you're swamped but this would help out tremendously!! Thanks, Diana Rachel, please follow up with her as well. Thanks They're in San Francisco - 415-278-9889.
Diana
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From: rweiss@students.wisc.edu
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 22:03:25 -0500
To: Diana Takata Subject: legislation passed
Hey Diana,
I just wanted to let you know that the resolution was passed today in the assembly! Great news! We are really excited for the 10th here - with the flag flying high in the great midwestern sky! (p.s. the flag will need to be attachable for a flag pole - we can't drape it or anything). Hope all is going well in your neck of the woods.
Cheers,
Rachel
Rachel Weiss 1035 Spaight Street, #6. Madison, WI. 53703 608.259.1953
rweiss@students.wisc.edu
Rachel Weiss 1035 Spaight Street, #6. Madison, WI. 53703 608.259.1953 Date: Sun, 2 Mar 1997 21:54:20 -0500 (EST)
Message-Id: <2.2.16.19970302221547.199f5f70@pop.web.net>
To: Pr.Bruxelles@agora.stm.it
From: Canada-Tibet Committee Subject: Re: TIBET: GENEVA 1997 - #5
Hi,
Can you please give me a call at (514) 340-5463 tomorrow? I need to speak with you concrning distribution of your newslettes.
Thank you,
Thubten Samdup
