Tibetan Parliament in Exile

Dharamshala: Honourable Shivraj Singh Chouhan, National Vice President of BJP, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and the current member of the legislative assembly of the State today paid a courtesy call on the President of Central Tibetan Administration Dr Lobsang Sangay at the Kashag Secretariat in Dharamshala. More

Washington DC: The TPiE delegation began their second meeting-intensive day by visiting Voice of America, an international media outlet that is funded by the US government. Geshe Monlam Tharchin and Lopon Thubten Gyaltsen had an interview at the VOA, which was broadcasted live. The delegation later met with Congresswoman Betty McCollum. More

America: As per the 16th Tibetan Parliament-in-exile’s Tibetan settlements visitation and assessment program, Parliamentarians Juchen Kunchok Choedon, Geshe Monlam Tharchin, Lopon Thupten Gyaltsen and Tsering Lhamo visited North America and began their second meeting -intensive by visiting Voice of America, an international media outlet funded by the U.S government. More

Dharamshala: The Executive Director Alison from International Tibet Network along with two other staff visited Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile today. Deputy Speaker Acharya Yeshi Phuntsok received them at his office in the morning and he briefed them about the 7th World Parliamentarians’ Convention on Tibet in Riga, Latvia held from 7-10 May 2019. More

Dharamshala: Speaker of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, Pema Jungney congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the landslide victory in the 17th Lok Sabha general elections. In the congratulatory letter, Speaker wrote: “Your victory indicates faith of the people of India under your leadership. We believe you will continue your good work for the welfare of all the people in India. More

Dharamsala: Speaker of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, Pema Jungney to give talk on “ Democracy and Unity” in Tibetan settlements of Dehradun, Poanta Settlement, Puruwala Tibetan Settlement and Herbertpur Tibetan Settlement from 15 to 18 April 2019, organised by National Democratic Party of Tibet's (NDPT). More

New Delhi: A memorial program “Remembering the Life & Legacy of George Fernandes and Lodi Gyari Rinpoche-Hero of Freedom, Democracy & Equality” was held at Speaker Hall Annexe, Constitution Club, New Delhi on 6 April 2019. More

Dharamshala: Members of Tibet Les Enfants de L’espoir (Hope for Tibetan Children) from Nantes, France visited Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile on 8 April 2019. Speaker of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, Pema Jungney received them at his chamber and explained about the historical background and the evolution of Tibetan Democratic polity in detail. More

Dharamshala: As per the 16th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile’s Tibetan settlements visitation and assessment program, Parliamentarians Dolma Tsering and Dhondup Tashi are visiting Hunsur Rabgyaling Settlement from 7th April to 13th April 2019. Parliamentarians Dolma Tsering and Dhondup Tashi are scheduled to depart from Delhi on 7th April and return back on 13th April. More

Dharamshala: Dr. Shekhar C. Mande, Secretary to Department of Scientific and Industrial Research,Govt. of India and director general of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Dr. Sanjay Kumar, director of CSIR- Institute of Himalayan Bio resource Technology visited Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile after receiving a private audience with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, . More

Dharamshala: Chaired by Speaker Pema Jungney, the fourth day of the seventh session of the 16th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile saw the election of a new Kalon of the 15th Kashag. In accordance with the provisions in Article 22 of the Charter of Tibetans-in-Exile, President Dr. Lobsang Sangay presented Togyal Tsering Zongkha, Secretary of the Kashag Secretariat. More

Dharamshala: The third day of the 7th Session of the 16th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile commenced with continuation of debate and discussion on 2019-2020 proposed budget of Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR) from the previous day with clarifications from President Dr. Lobsang Sangay who is also the Kalon of DIIR and Mr. Karma Yeshi, Finance Kalon. More

  Dharamshala: Chaired by Speaker Pema Jungney, the second day of the 7th session of the 16th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile began with continuation of debate on the official solidarity resolution on the critical situation inside Tibet. The official solidarity resolution passed with simple majority. More

Dharamshala: The budget session for the financial year 2019-2020 of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile began today. This is the 7th session of the 16th Tibetan Parliament. More

Dharamsala: Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile hosts dinner for 48 Chinese guests from various countries including Mainland China on 11 March 2019 at Norbulingka, Sidhpur, who came to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day. Speaker Pema Jungney received them along with standing committee members, Ven. Khenpo Sonam Tenphel, Ven. More

-Filed by Tibetan Parliamentary Secretariat- Dharamshala: Speaker of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, Pema Jungney received Members of Parliament from Germany, Italy, EU, Slovakia, Canada, Peru, Taiwan, Kenya, South Africa, and Russia at the Parliament hall at 4:45 PM yesterday. He briefed them about composition, functioning and Parliamentary sessions of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile. More

-filed by OoT, London- London: A week-long member-sponsored exhibition on Tibet is currently underway in the Garden Lobby of the Scottish Parliament from 4-8 March 2019. More

-Report filed by OoT, London- London: The annual wreath-laying ceremony, marking the 60th anniversary of the Tibetan national uprising, was held today, 5 March 2019, at the Innocent Victim’s Memorial, Westminster Abbey. Organised by the All Party Parliamentary group for Tibet (APPGT) in the UK Parliament, in conjunction with the Tibet Society UK, the wreath-laying ceremony started at 12. More

-Report filed by OoT, London- Northampton: The Tibetan national flag was raised in front of the Guildhall in Northampton for the 20th consecutive year on 5 March 2019. More

Toronto: Tibetan Communities of Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, Montreal, and Vancouver marked the 60th Anniversary of Tibetan National Uprising Day on 1 March 2019, due to the ongoing Canadian Parliamentary session and occurrence of Sunday on Tibetan National Uprising Day(10 March). Parliamentarian Tsewang Rigzin addressed the 60th Tibetan National Uprising as a chief guest. More