04 April 2008
US Congress Speaker Pelosi introduces resolution on Tibet
(ICT) Speaker Nancy Pelosi, with the members of a bipartisan congressional delegation that met on 21 March in Dharamsala with the Dalai Lama, introduced House Resolution 1077 on 03 April, which calls on China to cease the crackdown, release protestors, provide unfettered access to journalists and independent international monitors to Tibet, and engage in a results-based dialogue with the Dalai Lama. The resolution also cites the Tibetan Policy Act, which calls for an official US government presence in Lhasa.