Geneva, 15 December: The primary responsibility of the Central Tibetan Administration is to resolve the Tibetan issue based on the Middle Way Approach, said Kalon Tsering Dhundup.
 
He was addressing the Tibetan Community in Switzerland and Liechtenstein’s celebration of the 24th anniversary of His Holiness the Dalai Lama being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The celebration was held on 14 December in Bülach, Switzerland.
 
His Holiness the Dalai Lama was awarded the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize for advocating a non-violent struggle to resolve the Tibetan issue, he said.

“As Tibetans celebrate the special anniversary”, he said, “we must recognize His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s advices and put them into practice”.
 
The Central Tibetan Administration considers it very important to reach out to all Tibetans living in different parts of the world. In recent years, the number of Tibetans living in the West has steadily grown, said Kalon Tsering Dhundup.

While the younger generation of Tibetans living in the West have a better opportunity for modern education, there is a growing concern and challenge, as to how, we preserve and promote Tibetan language, culture and religion to the younger generation, he said.
 
Kalon Tsering Dhundup of the Department of Finance thanked the Tibetan community for the high proportion of Dhanglang Chatrel contribution. He acknowledged the consistent financial and political contributions made by the Tibetan community in Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
 
On 15 December morning, he met with the elected leaders of the Tibetan community.  He said that he was happy to meet and delighted that the elected leaders was made up of both older and younger generation of Tibetans.
 
Kalon Tsering Dhundup said that the Central Tibetan Administration has served the welfare of the Tibetan people in the past, as well as today, and would continue to serve the Tibetans in the future.
 
“We all are like rowers of a boat,” he said. “We are rowing together for the welfare of the Tibetan people”.
 
Kalon Tsering Wangchuk of Department of Health, visited Tibetan communities in three German cities – Munich, Hamburg and Frankfurt. Tibet Bureau in Geneva and the locally elected Tibetan leaders in the three cities jointly organized the visits.
 
During his visit to Munich, he called on Ama Irmtraut Wäger who voluntarily worked to raise funds for Tibetans in India and Nepal for over 30 years during her retirement years. Kalon Tsering Wangchuk was guest of German Aid to Tibetans’ Christmas Dinner in Hamburg on 11 December.