{"id":12258,"date":"2019-06-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/nieuws\/ict-commends-outgoing-european-parliaments-tibet-interest-group\/"},"modified":"2019-06-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T22:00:00","slug":"ict-commends-outgoing-european-parliaments-tibet-interest-group","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/ict-commends-outgoing-european-parliaments-tibet-interest-group\/","title":{"rendered":"ICT commends outgoing European Parliament\u2019s Tibet Interest Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1564.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8223\" width=\"730\" height=\"328\"\/><figcaption><em>Participants to the last TIG meeting in the European Parliament in Brussels on 26 June 2019. ICT offered a Thangka to the Chair Mr. Mann in appreciation for his staunch commitment to the Tibetan cause.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&nbsp;<\/em>At a meeting of the European Parliament\u2019s Tibet Interest Group (TIG) in Brussels yesterday \u2013 the last in the Parliament\u2019s 8<sup>th<\/sup> term \u2013 the International Campaign for Tibet expressed its deep appreciation for the determined and sustained support of its members for the Tibetan people, and its hope for the group to be reinstated in the next term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The meeting, which was attended by TIG members or their assistants, several newly elected MEPs, the representative of the Dalai Lama in Brussels Tashi Phuntsok as well as ICT\u2019s EU Policy Director Vincent Metten, mainly aimed at highlighting the achievements of the group in the past four years, at showing gratitude for the important efforts of its members to keep the Tibet issue on the European Union\u2019s agenda and welcoming new MEPs attending the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In particular, participants thanked German Member of the European Parliament Thomas Mann, the Chair of the TIG since 1999, for his incredible dedication to the Tibet movement. Vincent Metten said: \u201c<em>For 20 years, <\/em><em>Thomas Mann has <\/em><em>been \u00ab&nbsp;the face of Tibet&nbsp;\u00bb within the European Parliament and ha<\/em><em>s<\/em><em> taken many different initiatives to bring attention to the deteriorating human rights situation in Tibet at the heart of European institutions<\/em><em>. His l<\/em><em>eading role has been highly recognized and appreciated by Tibetans and Tibet Support Groups around the world<\/em><em>&nbsp;\u00bb. <\/em>It was Mr. Mann and Mr. Sogor last TIG meeting, as they will not be sitting in the next European Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Participants also discussed action steps in view of reestablishing the TIG in the next parliamentary term of the European Parliament, which will officially start on 2 July following the European elections held at the end of May. Several newly elected MEPs present at the meeting showed serious interest in maintaining the TIG active in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;It has been a great <\/em><em>honor<\/em><em> and privilege to serve the Tibetan people and the Middle Way vision of His Holiness the Dalai Lama for so many years,\u201d <\/em>Thomas Mann said.<em> \u201cThanks to the efforts of its committed members, the TIG has been at the front line of the battle for human rights and justice in Tibet, keeping the issue on the agenda of the European Parliament and other EU institutions. But as the situation in Tibet remains dramatic, much remains to be done, and I would therefore like to actively call on our successors to be active and strong supporters of the Tibetan non-violent struggle for human rights and to push for the reestablishment of the TIG during the next term of the European Parliament.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Founded at the beginning of the third European Parliament\u2019s legislature in 1989, the TIG has since been an essential base of support for Tibet in Europe, and has done much to create awareness within the European political realm about the plight of the Tibetan people &#8211; including for example by regularly organizing conferences, exhibitions and films screening and delivering statements on Tibet during parliamentary debates. Its reestablishment following the 2019 EU elections will be crucial, as this body is essential in encouraging discussion on possible actions at the EU level to support the non-violent struggle of Tibetans for human rights and justice, and ICT hopes that many new Members of the European Parliament will join it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-8225\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-09-at-4.01.55-pm.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8225\"\/><figcaption><em>TIG delegation including MEPs Thomas Mann, Csaba Sogor and Ramon Tremosa receive an audience with the Dalai Lama at the latter\u2019s residence on 9 May 2018. (Photo: Office of the Dalai Lama)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-8226\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7181.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8226\"\/><figcaption><em>TIG members with the President of the Tibetan government in exile Lobsang Sangay in the European Parliament in January 2018. (Photo: TIG)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-8227\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/TIG-Dhondup-Wangchen-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8227\"\/><figcaption><em>TIG members meet with former Tibetan political prisoner Dhondup Wangchen at the European Parliament in Brussels in March 2019 (Photo: ICT)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a meeting of the European Parliament\u2019s Tibet Interest Group (TIG) in Brussels yesterday \u2013 the last in the Parliament\u2019s 8th term \u2013 the International Campaign for Tibet expressed its deep appreciation for the determined and sustained support of its members for the Tibetan people, and its hope for the group to be reinstated in the next term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categorie":[664],"news_tag":[665],"class_list":["post-12258","nieuws","type-nieuws","status-publish","hentry","categorie-newstibet-europe-news","news_tag-europe-and-tibet"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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