Donald Trump signed the Act on Sunday as part of a massive USD 2.3 trillion package for a year-end bill to provide long-delayed coronovirus relief and fund the federal government.
Washington: US President Donald Trump has signed a bill into law calling for the establishment of a US consulate in Tibet and forging an international coalition to ensure that the next Dalai Lama receives China’s intervention by the Tibetan Buddhist community To be appointed without
The Tibetan Policy and Assistance Act 2020 amended and reauthorized various programs and provisions related to Tibet.
Trump signed the Act on Sunday as part of a massive USD 2.3 trillion package for a year-end bill to provide long-delayed coronovirus relief and fund the federal government.
The US Senate unanimously passed the bill last week despite China’s opposition.
It provides assistance to non-governmental organizations in support of Tibetan communities in Tibet; Until the ban on new Chinese consulates in the United States, an American consulate has been established in Lhasa, Tibet.
The legislation now authorizes the Office of the US Special Coordinator for Tibetan issues and extends the office’s duties to pursue additional alliances, such as international alliances, to ensure that the next Dalai Lama is assigned to the Tibetan Buddhism community. Is fully appointed by
It also instructs the Secretary of State that he will not open a new Chinese consulate in the US unless China allows the US Consulate to open in Lhasa.
It is US policy to take all appropriate measures to hold accountable senior officials of the Chinese government or Chinese Communist Party directly interfering in the identification and establishment of the future 15th Dalai Lama, the future of 14th Dalai, Tibetan Buddhism. Lama
Beijing sees the 14th Dalai Lama as a “separatist” to separate Tibet from China.
Some of the key measures approved by the US Congress include banning Chinese officials, including travel restrictions.
Noting that the 14th Dalai Lama advocates the Middle Way approach, which calls for genuine autonomy for the six million Tibetans in Tibet, the new law states that the Dalai Lama oversees the process of democratization within Tibetan politics and Discharged his political responsibilities to get elected. In 2011, 23 representatives of the exiled Tibetan people.
The USD Tibet Policy and Support Act 2020 approves 1 million per year for the Special US Coordinator on Tibetan, USD 675,000 for scholarship provisions, USD 575,000 for scholar exchange initiative, USD8 million for Tibetan autonomy manuals and communities in China , USD 6 million for Tibetans living in India, USD3 million for Tibetan rule.
Expressing concern over the exploitation of Tibet’s natural resources, especially in water, the new law will further enhance collaborative efforts with Chinese and international scientific institutions to monitor the environment on the Tibetan Plateau, including glacial retreats, temperatures Rise, and carbon level are included. To promote greater understanding of impacts on permafrost, river flow, grassland and desertification and monsoon cycle.