Statements

The 15th Kashag of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) expresses its deepest gratitude and bows down to our most revered leader His Holiness the Great 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet. Twenty-nine years ago, His Holiness was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his non-violent campaign for over nearly 40 years to restore freedom for Tibetans in Tibet. More

Statement of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile on the occasion of commemorating the 29th anniversary of the conferment of the Nobel Peace Prize on His Holiness the Dalai Lama Today is a momentous occasion marking the 29th anniversary of the day on which the omniscient His Holiness the Great 14th Dalai Lama, the head ornament in the domains of cyclic existence and of Nirvana including the heavenly ab More

  Today on this auspicious and joyous occasion of the eighty-third birthday of His Holiness the Great Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet, the 15th Kashag and Tibetans everywhere join millions of admirers across the globe in wishing His Holiness good health and a long life. The Kashag pays obeisance and bows down in deepest reverence to express gratitude to His Holiness. More

Speech of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile at the official function marking the 83rd birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama* On this 23rd day of the 5th month in the Earth-Dog Tibetan Royal Year 2145 in the 17th Tibetan Royal Sexantry, which corresponds to the 6th day of July 2018, we offer our prostrations to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, the supreme protector-patron of all beings, including all More

Today marks the remarkable occasion of the 60th anniversary of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s successful arrival in India on 30th March 1959, after embarking on a perilous journey of 14 days, along with around 80,000 Tibetans to asylum following a violent occupation of Tibet by the Chinese communist forces. More

  Fifty-nine years ago, on this day in Lhasa, the capital city of Tibet, thousands of Tibetans formed a massive human chain around Norbulingka, the summer palace of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, to protect him and their country. More

Today marks the completion of 59 years of Communist-ruled China’s armed occupation and annexation of the great nation of Tibet. More

On this special occasion of the 57th anniversary of Tibetan Democracy Day, the Kashag pays its highest obeisance and bow in deep gratitude to Tibet’s supreme leader and the pioneer of Tibetan democracy, His Holiness the Great 14th Dalai Lama. The Kashag extends its warmest greetings to all Tibetans, and to our friends around the world. More

Today is a day of unique importance when we mark the completion of 57 years since the establishment of the democratic path in the running of the Tibetan people’s political system. More

On this joyous occasion of His Holiness the Great 14th Dalai Lama’s 82nd birthday, I on behalf of the Kashag and Tibetans inside and outside Tibet, would like to bow down in deepest reverence to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. More

Let me preface the special occasion today with offering of obeisance to His Holiness the Great Fourteenth Dalai Lama, the supreme saviour of all sentient beings, including the gods in the heavenly realms; the master of all teachings of the Buddha on this earth; a great champion of peace in this world; the human manifestation on this globe of Chenresig, the obligated deity of Tibet and the spiritua More

On this day, in 1959, Tibetans from across the social spectrum rose up to stage a defiant yet peaceful uprising against the illegal occupation of Tibet by the People’s Republic of China. Today, as we commemorate the fifty-eighth anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day, we remember and pay tribute to all those who have sacrificed their lives for our nation’s struggle. More

Today is a day of great importance in the history of the Tibetan people. It was in 1959 on this day that the communist government of China revealed the stark devious face of its policy to take over Tibet by use of armed occupation rule. The violent repression it unleashed on the Tibetan people was beyond all imaginations. More

On this auspicious occasion of the 27th anniversary of the conferment of Nobel Peace Prize to His Holiness the Great 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, the Kashag, on behalf of Tibetans across the world pay obeisance and bow down in gratitude to our most revered leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama. We joyously extend our heartfelt greetings to the Tibetan people, friends and well-wishers around the world. More

Today is 2 September 2016, the outstanding day on which we commemorate the 56th anniversary of the establishment of the noble Tibetan democratic system which incorporates the best of religious and political ethos. On this occasion, I, on behalf of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, offer my greetings and good wishes to my beloved fellow-Tibetans both in Tibet and in exile. More

On the special occasion of the 56th anniversary of Tibetan Democracy day, I on behalf of 15th Kashag and the Tibetans across the world, bow down in deference and gratitude to His Holiness the great 14th Dalai Lama for establishing and steering this democratic system of Central Tibetan Administration. More

Today marks the 6th day of July in 1935, which corresponded to the 5th day of the 5th month of the Tibetan Wood-Hog Year, when His Holiness the Dalai Lama took birth at Tagtser Village in the Kumbum area of Domey as foretold in unmistakably discernible terms by enlightened deities and Lamas alike, with his actual birth being indicated by wondrously miraculous appearances of numerous auspicious ome More

  On this joyous occasion of His Holiness the Great 14th Dalai Lama’s 81st birthday, on behalf of Kashag and Tibetans inside and outside Tibet, I would like to express our deepest reverence to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. More

Today marks the fifty-seventh anniversary of the Tibetan people's peaceful uprising of 1959 against People's Republic of China's invasion and occupation of Tibet. On this occasion, my colleagues in the Kashag and I would like to pay tribute and pray for all those brave men and women who laid down their lives for the just cause of Tibet. More

Today is the 57th anniversary of the great uprising in Tibet’s capital Lhasa in 1959 carried out by people from all The Three Provinces of Tibet in protest against the evil deeds and designs of the communist Chinese. Likewise, it is also the day we remember our heroic fellow-Tibetan men and women of patriotism. More