GENEVA: Coinciding with United Nations Human Rights Council’s 26th session, hundreds of Tibetan people including Tibet supporters today took out a rally in front of the United Nation’s building, urging the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon’s intervention to resume dialogue between Tibetan representatives and China.

Simultaneously, 17 Tibetans have held a sit-in protest in front of the United Nation’s Human Right’s Commissioner’s Office and Palais des Nation (UNHRC Building) for the last four days to draw UN member’s attention to the Tibetan cause.

The Tibetan Community of Swiss and Liechtenstein have organized this rally as part of its yearlong campaign to urge UN Secretary General and member states to press China to resume dialogue to resolve the Tibet issue. It also called for access to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to visit Tibet at the earliest.

In his address, Mr René Longet, a long time supporter of the Tibetan cause, expressed his personal sympathy and solidarity with the Tibetan people.

Tibet Bureau staff Dawa Gyatso also addressed the rally.