SEC. 12. RELEASE OF PRISONERS AND ACCESS TO PRIS-
ONS.
It is the sense of Congress that the President and
Secretary of State, in meetings with representatives of the
Government of the People’s Republic of China, should—
(1) request the immediate and unconditional re-
lease of all prisoners detained for expressing their
political or religious beliefs in Tibet;
(2) seek access for international humanitarian
organizations to prisoners in Tibet to ensure that
prisoners are not being mistreated and are receiving
necessary medical care;
(3) seek the immediate medical parole of
Ngawang Choephel and other Tibetan prisoners
known to be in serious ill health; and
(4) request the immediate and unconditional re-
lease from detention of the 11th Panchen Lama,
Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, who was taken on May 17,
1995, and allow him to pursue his religious studies
without interference and according to tradition.
SEC. 13. ESTABLISHMENT OF A UNITED STATES BRANCH
OFFICE IN LHASA, TIBET.
The Secretary of State shall make best efforts to es-
tablish a branch office in Lhasa, Tibet, of the United
States Consulate General in Chengdu, People’s Republic
of China, to monitor political, economic, and cultural de-
velopments in Tibet.
SEC. 14. REQUIREMENT FOR TIBETAN LANGUAGE TRAIN-
ING.
The Secretary of State shall ensure that Tibetan lan-
guage training is available to foreign service officers, and
that every effort is made to ensure that a Tibetan-speak-
ing foreign service officer is assigned to the consulate in
the People’s Republic of China responsible for tracking de-
velopments in Tibet.
SEC. 15. ASSISTANCE FOR TIBET.
It is the sense of Congress that the United States
Government should seek ways to promote economic devel-
opment, cultural preservation, health care, and education
and environmental sustainability for Tibetans inside
Tibet.
SEC. 16. TIBET CONSIDERATIONS AT THE UNITED NATIONS.
It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) the United States Government should op-
pose any efforts to prevent consideration of the
issues related to Tibet in any body of the United
Nations;
(2) the United States Government should op-
pose any efforts to prevent the participation of the
Dalai Lama or any representative of the Dalai Lama
in nongovernmental fora hosted by or otherwise or-
ganized under the auspices of any body of the
United Nations; and
(3) the Secretary of State should instruct the
United States Permanent Representative to the
United Nations to support the appointment of—
(A) a representative of the United Nations
General Secretary to help promote a negotiated
settlement for Tibet; and
(B) a special rapporteur or working group
for Tibet for the purposes of monitoring human
rights violations in Tibet, and for making re-
ports available to the High Commissioner for
Refugees, the High Commissioner for Human
Rights, the Human Rights Commission, the
General Assembly, and other United Nations
bodies.
SEC. 17. RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN TIBET.
(a) HIGH-LEVEL CONTACTS.—Pursuant to section
105 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998,
the United States Ambassador to the People’s Republic
of China—
(1) shall seek to meet with the 11th Panchen
Lama, who was taken from his home on May 17,
1995, and otherwise ascertain information con-
cerning his whereabouts and well-being; and
(2) shall request the Government of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China that the 11th Panchen Lama
be released and allowed to pursue his religious stud-
ies without interference and according to tradition.
(b) PROMOTION OF INCREASED ADVOCACY.—Pursu-
ant to section 108(a) of the International Religious Free-
dom Act of 1998, it is the sense of Congress that rep-
resentatives of the United States Government in ex-
changes with officials of the Government of the People’s
Republic of China should call for and otherwise promote—
(1) the immediate and unconditional release of
the 11th Panchen Lama by the Chinese Government
and that he be allowed to pursue his religious stud-
ies without interference and according to tradition;
(2) the return of responsibility of managing Ti-
betan monasteries from the Democratic Management
Committees to the abbots or other traditional leader-
ship of Tibetan monasteries;
(3) the immediate halt of activities of Com-
munist Party work teams in Tibetan monasteries,
including patriotic reeducation which undermines the
fundamental characteristics of religion and religious
freedom; and
(4) the cessation of all interference by the Reli-
gious Affairs Bureau and other organs of the Gov-
ernment of the People’s Republic of China or Com-
munist Party in the selection of reincarnate Tibetan
Lamas.
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