Parliament Announces Proceedings of Second Tibetan National General Meeting 2011[Wednesday, 30 March 2011, 3:40 p.m.]

Speaker Penpa Tsering presides over a meeting of the members of the Kashag and the Parliament’s Standing Committee on the upcoming second Tibetan National General Meeting/Photo:TPiE

DHARAMSHALA:
The Tibetan Parliamentary Secretariat today announced the proceedings
of the Second Tibetan National General Meeting to be held in Dharamsala
from 21 – 23 May 2011.The proceedings of the general meeting
was finalised yesterday at a meeting of the members of the Kashag and
the Parliament’s Standing Committee presided over by the Parliament
Speaker. The general meeting will be held in accordance with
the final resolution passed during the 11th session of the Parliament
to follow up His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s proposal to devolve his
political authority to the democratically elected Tibetan leadership.The
composition of the members participating in the general meeting will be
Kalon Tripa; members of the Kashag; former Kalons; elected Kalon Tripa
of the 14th Kashag; members of the Parliament; former members of
Parliament; elected members of the 15th Tibetan Parliament;
Dharamsala-based CTA officials above Joint Secretary; one
representative each from the local assemblies and one each from those
Tibetan Settlements which do not have any local assemblies; one member
each from Bod Rawang Denpai Legul Tsogchung; six representatives each
from the four schools of Tibetan Buddhism and Bon religion; one member
each from the overseas Tibetan Associations; two members each from the
Tibetan non-governmental organizations (Executive Committees of
U-Tsang, Do-tod and Do-med, Tibetan Youth Congress, Tibetan Women’s
Association, National Democratic Party of Tibet, Gu-Chu-Sum, Ngari
Chithun Tsogpa, Cholsum Chigdril Tsogpa and Bod Gyalyong Chapsi
Tsondrol Tsogpa); and one representative each from autonomous
institutions (Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts, Library of Tibetan
Works & Archives, Central University of Tibetan Studies, Varanasi,
Norbulingka Institute, Manjushree Center of Tibetan Culture,
Darjeeling, Tibet House, Delhi, Head Office of the Tibetan Children’s
Village, Tibetan Home’s Foundation, Mussoorie, Sambhota Tibetan Schools
Society, The Central Council of Tibetan Medicine, Men-Tsee Khang, Delek
hospital, Sherig Parkhang, Federation of Tibetan Co-operatives in India
Ltd), 50 voluntary participants comprising of scholars, experts and
social activists (30 from India, Nepal and Bhutan and 20 from other
countries).The participants are required to send their names to the Parliamentary Secretariat before 30 April 2011. On
the first two days of the meeting, separate committees will be formed
to deliberate on the recommendations of the Charter Amendment Drafting
Committee and relevant proposals on the appeal to be made to His
Holiness the Dalai Lama.Each committee will present its report
on the final day of the meeting. Subsequently, a final resolution will
be passed based on the final outcome of the discussions on the
recommendations of the Charter Amendment Drafting Committee and
relevant proposals on the appeal to be made to His Holiness the Dalai
Lama.The Tibetan Parliament will apprise His Holiness the Dalai
Lama about the final recommendations of the general meeting on 24 May
2011. Accordingly, the recommendations concerning the
amendment of the Charter will be tabled in an additional session of the
14th Tibetan Parliament for final approval.