Dharamshala, October 3 – The Tibetan Parliament in Exile today issued an announcement related to the ‘Special Meeting’ in November.
According to the announcement in Tibetan language, travel expenses of participants for the meeting will have to be borne by concerned parties and that the Tibetan government will not provide travel allowances. Former Kalons (Tibetan ministers) and former members of parliament can apply for travel allowances from the Tibetan government if they can’t afford their trips, the announcement further says.
The announcement also said that the former Kalons, former MPs and delegates from the Tibetan communities abroad will be given rent and daily allowance as the TGIE will not arrange accommodation, and that all other participants must arrange their own accommodation.
The organizers will arrange lunch and refreshments only during the meeting, the delegates will have to take care of their other meals.
The members of the parliament from the four religious traditions and Bon tradition must take the responsibility of assigning delegates from their religious constituencies, the announcement said.
According to the announcement, Individuals willing to attend the meeting through the quota of 25 activists and other individual supporters from India, Bhutan, and Nepal and 25 from the rest of the world must send their bio-data and email address to the Tibetan parliament by October 20, 2008 and await response from the Tibetan Parliamentary Secretariat. Click here for the contact details
Representatives, Welfare Officers, Local Tibetan Assemblies, regional Tibetan Freedom Movements, people’s representatives from other areas without the aforementioned bodies must collaboratively work towards collecting people’s opinions and suggestions through detailed discussions, and present them in writing at the meeting, it read. Likewise, Tibetan schools, the four religious traditions and Bon tradition, and other autonomous bodies should also facilitate collection of suggestions and opinions for the meeting, said the announcement.
The Representatives of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and executive members of the Tibetan community bodies abroad should also collect suggestions and opinions from their respective localities, it said. All delegates are required to report to the Tibetan Parliamentary Secretariat by November 16, 2008.
Not an official translation, in case of doubts contact Tibetan parliament
