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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 200 

Wishing His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama a happy 80th birthday on July 

6, 2015, and recognizing the outstanding contributions His Holiness 

has made to the promotion of nonviolence, human rights, interfaith 

dialogue, environmental awareness, and democracy. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 11, 2015 

Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. KIRK, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. 

CARDIN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. UDALL, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. 

MARKEY, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. MCCAIN, 

Mr. REID, Ms. COLLINS, and Mr. WARNER) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

JULY 8, 2015 

Committee discharged; considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Wishing His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama a happy 80th 

birthday on July 6, 2015, and recognizing the outstanding contributions His Holiness has made to the 

promotion of nonviolence, human rights, interfaith dialogue, environmental awareness, and democracy. 

Whereas, for over 50 years, His Holiness the 14th Dalai 

Lama has significantly advanced greater understanding, 

tolerance, harmony, and respect among the religious 

faiths of the world; 


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Whereas the Dalai Lama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 

in 1989 in recognition of his efforts to seek a peaceful 

resolution to the situation in Tibet and to promote nonviolent methods for resolving conflict; 

Whereas the Dalai Lama was awarded the Congressional 

Gold Medal in 2007 in recognition of his many enduring 

and outstanding contributions to peace, nonviolence, 

human rights, and religious understanding; 

Whereas the Dalai Lama has led the effort to preserve the 

rich and unique cultural, religious, historical, and linguistic heritage of the people of Tibet while working to 

safeguard other endangered cultures throughout the 

world; 

Whereas the 14th Dalai Lama has devolved the traditional 

role of the Dalai Lama as the political head of the Tibetan government, and his own responsibilities within the 

Central Tibetan Administration, in favor of the democratically elected leadership of Tibetans in exile, while 

continuing to travel and speak as a spiritual leader for 

the people of Tibet; 

Whereas the Dalai Lama, together with leading environmentalists, has been gravely concerned by the degraded 

state of the environment of Tibet and the consumption 

of the natural resources of Tibet, including freshwater, 

because the degradations have implications not only for 

the people of Tibet, but for the whole of Asia; and 

Whereas the people of the United States, including Tibetan 

Americans, have come to regard the Dalai Lama as a 

leading figure of moral and religious authority: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 


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1 (1) extends well-wishes to the Dalai Lama on 

2 his 80th birthday; 

3 (2) recognizes the Dalai Lama for a lifelong 

4 commitment and outstanding contribution to the 

5 promotion of nonviolence, human rights, religious 

6 tolerance, environmental awareness, and democracy; 

7 and 

8 (3) recognizes the Dalai Lama for using moral 

9 authority to promote the concept of universal re10 sponsibility as a guiding tenet for how human beings 

11 should treat one another and the planet that all 

12 human beings share. 

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