Published 10/03/2016 (file original text Europa Press)
China calls on UN countries to boycott Dalai Lama's visit to Geneva
GINEBRA, 10 Mar. (Reuters/EP) – China has asked United Nations countries to boycott the visit that the Dalai Lama will make this Friday to Geneva, al considerar que viola "la soberanía y la integridad territorial" del gigante asiático por sus "actividades separatistas". The Chinese delegation at the UN headquarters in Geneva has sent a letter to diplomats and agents of the international organization to expressly ask them not to attend the event organized for tomorrow by the Geneva Institute with Nobel Prize winners..
"Invitar al 14º Dalai Lama to the aforementioned event violates the sovereignty and territorial integrity of China, en contravención de los objetivos y principios de la Carta de Naciones Unidas", reads the letter, a la que ha tenido acceso Reuters. "China se opone abiertamente a las actividades separatistas del 14º Dalai Lama from any position, desde cualquier evento y desde cualquier país", Xi Jinping's Government has emphasized. The UN spokesperson in Geneva, Ahmad Fawzi, has confirmed that they have received the Chinese letter. "Tomamos nota pero, of course, no estamos vinculados por las instrucciones de un Estado miembro", has clarified.
Philippe Burrin, director of the Geneva Institute, ha indicado que han recibido "presiones" desde "varios sitios", while stating that the event will not be canceled. "Es un tema de libertad de expresión y de libertad académica", has sustained
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She further , Burrin ha señalado que "no es un evento sobre Tíbet, on a politically sensitive issue such as, For example, territorial disputes, sino sobre el papel de la sociedad civil en la promoción de los Derechos Humanos". El acto, in which Nobel prize winners from Iran and Yemen will also participate, matches 57º anniversary of the start of the Tibetan revolution, that led the Dalai Lama to exile in India, where he has been since then.
