Author: Tibet Express Newsdesk

Can not go beyond Article 47 when it comes to oath-taking ceremony: CEC

DHARAMSALA, 18 June: The Chief Election Commissioner(CEC) of the Central Tibetan Administration(CTA) today said that the Election Commission can not go beyond Article 47 of the Charter of the Tibetans-in-Exile when it comes to the oath-taking ceremony of the 7th Tibetan Parliament-in-exile (TPIE) while stressing on the need and the importance of upholding the rule of law in a democratic setup.

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World must wake up to China’s climatic disaster in Tibet before its too late warn experts on World Environment Day

NEW DELHI-5 June: Insatiable greed of China for resources and its desperation to exploit these resources from a delicately placed Tibet to feed its mammoth industry and trade has damaged Tibet’s environment tremendously. So much so that loss of environmental equilibrium in Tibet has become a serious and potential threat to almost entire Asia and the world. China’s tinkering with Tibetan rivers by building massive dams to extract electricity and water for its deficient mainland is capable of causing earthquakes and sinking of mountains which can lead to catastrophes that no Chinese technology or political machinery would be able to handle. This is one of the common messages which emerged in an international webinar focused on “Environmental Destruction in Tibet by China and its Implications for Asia” on the World Environment Day.

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