Scott Ludlam (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes:

(i)

that 10 March 2010 is the 51st anniversary of the Tibetan uprising and the Dalai Lama’s exile to India and the 2nd anniversary of the beginning of widespread unrest across Tibetan areas in 2008,

(ii)

the continuing human rights concerns in Tibet, noted publicly in Beijing by our Prime Minister (Mr Rudd) on 9 April 2008,

(iii)

the resumption of direct contact between Chinese officials and representatives of the Dalai Lama on 26 January 2010 after a gap of 15 months,

(iv)

the meeting, on 18 February 2010, between the Dalai Lama and the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, in the White House, and later that day, between the Dalai Lama and the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, and the Under Secretary of State and Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, Maria Otero,

(v)

that the Dalai Lama’s Middle-Way policy for the peaceful resolution of the Tibetan situation respects the territorial integrity of the People’s Republic of China and seeks to resolve the Tibetan issue within the framework of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China, and

(vi)

the right of the Tibetan people to maintain their unique language, religion and culture under international law; and

(b)

calls on the Australian Government to:

(i)

continue to monitor the progress of talks between the Chinese Government and representatives of the Dalai Lama,

(ii)

follow President Barack Obama in explicitly supporting the Dalai Lama’s Middle-Way policy for a peaceful resolution of the Tibetan situation, and

(iii)

renew and strengthen its support for a peaceful, lasting and mutually-agreeable resolution of the Tibetan situation, including entering into substantive multilateral initiatives with other concerned governments to encourage meaningful negotiations on the points raised in the Memorandum on Genuine Autonomy for the Tibetan People.