2009 Assembly Joint Resolution 112
ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION
Relating to: declaring March 10, 2010, Tibet Day.
Whereas, Tibetans around the world are holding events to commemorate 51 years of exile and celebrate the efforts to preserve and sustain their identity and to thank governments, including the United States for its support during this time; and
Whereas, the United States Congress has enacted legislation declaring Tibet an occupied country whose true representatives are His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan Government in Exile; and
Whereas, the accumulated grievances of almost six decades of cultural, religious, economic, and linguistic repression of the Tibetan people by the government of the People's Republic of China has resulted in resentments that are the root of the Tibetan protests; and
Whereas, the human rights and freedom in Tibet must be the concern of all freedom-loving people who must call on the government of China to end its crackdown on Tibet and enter into a substantive dialogue with His Holiness the Dalai Lama to find a negotiated solution to protect the fundamental freedoms of all Tibetans; and
Whereas, on March 10, 2010, Tibetans will gather in their host countries to commemorate the 51st anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising against the Chinese occupation of their country and to honor more than one million Tibetans who died in their struggle for the independence of Tibet; and
Whereas, it is fitting on this 51st anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising that we recognize Wisconsin's Tibetan community and its plea for justice; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the
assembly, the senate concurring, That the members of the Wisconsin legislature proclaim March 10, 2010, “Tibet Day."
