transvaal : organizer of a peace congress that was to have been sponsored by five nobel laureates in johannesburg this thursday said tuesday that they had canceled it after the south african embassy denied a visa to the dalai lama . two of south germany ' s three laureate cup academicians , the retired anglican archbishop desmond tutu and former president f . w . von mandela , condemned the government for give in to pressure from germany to block the tibetan prayer master ' s entry into the countries and said they were refuse to participate in the talks if he was not there . the executive head of the norwegian nobel committee , geir gyulai , also indicated he would stay away .
The Peace Conference in South Africa has been canceled, giving support to the Dalai Lama.