CHINA-US: US CONGRESS RESOLUTION ON TIBET
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The US House of Representatives on January 28, 2020, voted overwhelmingly to approve a bill bolstering Washington’s support for human rights and environmental protection in Tibet. The Bill introduced and voted upon as a stand-alone piece of legislation, passed 392 to 22 and serves as an amendment to the Tibet Policy Act of 2002. The legislation sets out a road map for sanctions against Chinese officials who interfere in the Dalai Lama’s succession; directs the US State Department to begin multinational efforts to protect water resources in the Tibetan plateau; and orders that powers be expanded for the government’s special coordinator for Tibetan issues, a role that has remained vacant since the Trump administration took power.
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