PROCLAMATION FROM MAYOR DAVE DECLARING MARCH 10TH AS TIBET DAY
MAYORAL PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the United States Congress has enacted
legislation declaring Tibet an occupied country whose true
representatives are the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan
Government-in-exile; and
WHEREAS, the Governor and the State of Wisconsin has
passed a resolution declaring March 10, 2011 as Tibet Day; and
WHEREAS, the United Nations human rights sub commission
has passed a resolution concerning the present threat to the distinct
cultural, religious, and national identity of the Tibetan people; and
WHEREAS, the suppression of human rights and freedom in
Tibet must be a concern of all freedom-loving people everywhere; and
WHEREAS, despite multiple attempts by the Dalai Lama
and the Tibetan government-in-exile, the People’s Republic of China
refused to negotiate in good faith to improve human rights and
freedoms for the Tibetan people; and
WHEREAS, on March 10, 2011, Tibetans throughout the
world will gather in their host countries to commemorate the 52nd
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, the Wisconsin Tibetan Association and the
University of Wisconsin-Madison Students for a Free Tibet will this
year gather at the Library Mall in Madison; and
WHEREAS, it is fitting that we recognize Madison’s
Tibetan Community and its plea for justice on this 52nd anniversary of
Tibetan National Uprising;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mayor of the City of Madison,
Wisconsin, does hereby proclaim March 10, 2011, as
TIBET DAY in the City of Madison.
Mayor David J. Cieslewicz
Signed and sealed this 10th day of March 2011 at City Hall.
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