AJR17: Joint Resolution Text

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2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE

2009 Assembly JOINT RESOLUTION 17

February 18, 2009 - Introduced by Representatives Parisi, Black, Seidel, Pocan, Berceau, Bies, Sherman, Pope-Roberts, Richards and Roys, cosponsored by Senators Erpenbach and Miller. Referred to Committee on Rules.

AJR17,1,1 Relating to: declaring March 10, 2009, Tibet Day.

AJR17,1,4 Whereas, Tibetans around the world are holding events to commemorate 50 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

AJR17,1,7 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

AJR17,1,11 Whereas, the accumulated grievances of almost 6 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

AJR17,2,2 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

AJR17,2,6 Whereas, on March 10, 2009, Tibetans will gather in their host countries to commemorate the 50th 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

AJR17,2,9 Whereas, it is fitting on this 50th anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising that we recognize Wisconsin's Tibetan community and its plea for justice; now, therefore, be it

AJR17,2,11 Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the members of the Wisconsin legislature proclaim March 10, 2009, "Tibet Day."

AJR17,2,12 (End)