London Representative Address Tibet Photo Exhibition in Polish ParliamentFriday, 3 April 2009, 4:55 p.m.

Representative Tsering Tashi (4th from L) addressing the Tibet Photo Exhibition event at the Polish Parliament on Wednesday.  Looking from left are Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mr. Stefan Niesiołowski, Chairperson of Polish Parliamentary Group for Tibet, Mrs. Beata Bublewicz, Translator Mr. Adam Koziel, Parliamentarian Mrs. Izabela Kloc and Parliamentarian Mr. Waldemar Andzel

London: At
the invitation of the Polish Parliamentary Group for Tibet, Mr. 
Tsering Tashi, the London-based Representative of His Holiness the 
Dalai Lama addressed a function Wednesday in the Polish Parliament
where a Tibet Photo Exhibition to mark the 50th anniversary of Tibetan
national uprising against China’s occupation of Tibet was launched by
Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mr. Stefan Niesiołowski.He said
currently the Tibetans in Tibet were going through a very difficult
time and this is why various governments in their dealing with China
should give due importance to human lives and human rights over
temporary economic gains. Representative Tsering Tashi thanked the
Polish parliamentarians, government and people for their sympathy and
continued support for the just Tibetan cause. Speaking from personal
experience and encounters, he said more and more Chinese through better
awareness and information were showing understanding for the plight of
the Tibetan people, which was encouraging.

Deputy Speaker of Polish Parliament, Mr.Stefan Niesiołowski, speaking before launching the Tibet Photo Exhibition. Also seen attentively listening to him are a cross section of MPs, government officials and invited guests.

In
his address, Deputy Speaker Niesiolowski said Poland because of its own
experience of having lived under the totalitarian communist regime
should support the Tibetan people’s struggle for autonomy, democracy
and freedom. He said he himself was committed to supporting the just
cause of Tibet and hoped the photo exhibition will generate more
interest and support for the Tibetan aspiration.In her
introductory remarks, Mrs. Beata Bublewicz, Chairperson of the
parliamentary group for Tibet, said the primary purpose of holding the
photo exhibition in the parliament was to make the Polish MPs, staff
members and others better aware of Tibetan culture and people and make
them discuss the Tibet issue. The photos of mainly Tibetan landscape
and people were taken by Mr. Artur Nosiadek, who gave credit for his
interest in Tibet to a chance encounter with Sir Edmund Hillary of Mt.
Everest fame.After the formal launch of the exhibition, Mr.
Artur Nosiadek, showed a slide show of his photos that was followed by
an hour-long question and answer session with Representative Tsering
Tashi. The questions raised by parliamentarians and invited guests
ranged from the current status of Sino-Tibetan dialogue to the control
over monasteries being exercised by the Chinese authorities in Tibet.Besides
addressing the main function in the Polish Parliament, Representative
Tsering Tashi besides meeting with parliamentarians, members of Polish
Tibet support groups and Tibetans also met with officials of the Polish
Ministry of Foreign Affairs.–Report submitted by Office of Tibet, London