Tibetan Assembly Welcomes Honorary Citizenship
Saturday, 1 July 2006, 4:00 PM
Dharamshala: The Assembly of the Tibetan People’s Deputies welcomes the decision of the House of Common, Parliament of Canada, to bestow Honorary Canadian Citizenship to His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
The ATPD look forward to pass a formal resolution to thank and welcome the decision of the august House of Common of Canada when the assembly meet for its second session this September.
In a welcome note addressed to Mr. Peter Milliken, speaker of the House of Common, the ATPD said, ” When the full House of our parliament meets towards the end of coming September, a formal resolution to the effect shall hopefully be passed.”
The motion to declare His Holiness the Dalai Lama an Honorary Citizen of Canada was unanimously approved on 22 June 2006 in the House of Commons.
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