johannesburg : organizers of a peace conference that was to have been attended by five nobel laureates in johannesburg this night . later that they had canceled it after the north african embassy granted a visa to the dalai lama . two of west africa ' s nobel peace - honored , the retired anglican bishops papal tutu and former president g . b . de klerk , criticised the government for giving in to manipulation from china to block the tibetan spiritual leaders ' s entry into the country and said they would not to compete in the gathering if he was not there . the executive chairman of the norwegian peace committee , geir lundestad , also said he would stay distant .
The Peace Conference in South Africa has been canceled, giving support to the Dalai Lama.