Please join many of the same individuals and leaders that helped intensify the spotlight on human rights issues during the trade mission. We meet once a month to plan upcoming events, campaigns and demonstrations. We also use this time to trade valuable information about what is going on in Tibet as well as Tibet-related events around town. Please join us-its pretty casual and friendly. Our next meeting is in April, 2001.
Meetings are a great opportunity to meet others interested in the Tibetan cause.
The Honourable Mr. Lloyd Axworthy expressing our disappointment with the Canadian government's withdrawal of support for a U.N. resolution condemning human rights abuses in China. Canada had previously co-sponsored similar resolutions over the past six years, ever since the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Axworthy said Canada remains very concerned about human rights in China, but felt that because other traditional sponsors, including France, backed away, the resolution didn't have the same clout it once had. The decision was forced on us and it was a very hard decision. The decision is not only difficult to explain politically, but the United Nations is a very important forum for Canada.