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by curtailing access to information on the situation in Ti-
betan areas; 
Whereas the Chinese Government’s use of propaganda during 
the protests to demonize Tibetans and incite ethnic na-
tionalism is exacerbating ethnic tensions and is counter-
productive to resolving the situation; 
Whereas the United States Department of State included the 
People’s Republic of China among the group of countries 
described as ‘‘the most systematic violators of human 
rights’’ in the introduction of the 2006 Country Reports 
on Human Rights Practices and in previous Human 
Rights Reports, but did not do so in the 2007 Human 
Rights Report, despite no evidence of significant improve-
ments in the human rights situation in China in the past 
year; and 
Whereas it is the policy of the United States ‘‘to support the 
aspirations of the Tibetan people to safeguard their dis-
tinct identity’’ and ‘‘to support economic development, 
cultural preservation, health care, and education and en-
vironmental sustainability for Tibetans inside Tibet’’, in 
accordance with the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 (22 
U.S.C. 6901 note): Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the United States House of Rep-
resentatives— 
(1) calls on the Government of the People’s Re-
public of China to end its crackdown on nonviolent 
Tibetan protestors and its continuing cultural, reli-
gious, economic, and linguistic repression inside 
Tibet; 
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(2) calls on the Chinese Government to begin a 
results-based dialogue, without preconditions, di-
rectly with His Holiness the Dalai Lama to address 
the legitimate grievances of the Tibetan people and 
provide for a long-term solution that respects the 
human rights and dignity of every Tibetan; 
(3) calls on the Chinese Government to allow 
independent international monitors and journalists, 
free and unfettered access to the Tibet Autonomous 
Region and all other Tibetan areas of China for the 
purpose of monitoring and documenting events sur-
rounding the Tibetan protests and to verify that in-
dividuals injured receive adequate medical care; 
(4) calls on the Chinese Government to imme-
diately release all Tibetans who are imprisoned for 
nonviolently expressing opposition to Chinese Gov-
ernment policies in Tibet; 
(5) calls on the United States Department of 
State to publicly issue a statement reconsidering its 
decision not to include the People’s Republic of 
China among the group of countries described as 
‘‘the world’s most systematic human rights viola-
tors’’ in the introduction of the 2007 Country Re-
ports on Human Rights Practices; and 
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(6) calls on the United States Department of 
State to fully implement the Tibetan Policy Act of 
2002 (22 U.S.C. 6901 note), including the stipula-
tion that the Secretary of State ‘‘seek to establish an 
office in Lhasa, Tibet to monitor political, economic 
and cultural developments in Tibet’’, and also to 
provide consular protection and citizen services in 
emergencies, and further urges that the agreement 
to permit China to open further diplomatic missions 
in the United States should be contingent upon the 
establishment of a United States Government office 
in Lhasa. 
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