DHARAMSHALA, India: The New Delhi-based Tibetan Parliamentary and Policy Research Centre (TPPRC) is organising a five-day orientation course for the newly elected members of the 15th Tibetan Parliament in Exile in Dharamshala from 10 – 15 September. Talking to Tibet TV, Mr Choekyong Wangchuk, an MP and the executive director of TPPRC, had said the orientation aims to enhance the Tibetan

parliamentarians’ understanding and knowledge about the parliamentary regulations and procedures, policies and workings of the Central Tibetan Administration and activities of the institutions in Dharamshala among other important issues.

The members would be briefed about the parliamentary regulations and procedures, workings of the parliamentary standing committee, the Charter for Tibetans in exile, the basic education policy, the socio-economic condition and sustenance of the Tibetan settlements and co-operative societies in exile, Mr Wangchuk said.

There would be briefings about the human rights situation inside Tibet and political structure of China, he added.

As part of the ongoing course, the MPs today started visiting various departments and offices of the Central Tibetan Administration, starting from the Department of Information & International Relations (DIIR).

Mr Tashi, additional secretary of DIIR, made a detailed presentation about the activities of the department, following which the MPs were taken for a short visit to different sections of the department. The MPs also made queries about the workings of the department.