16. Nov 2009
Dalai Lama in Rome to attend convention on Tibet
(IANS) The Dalai Lama arrived in Rome to attend the fifth World Parliamentarians' Convention on Tibet. Samdong Rinpoche, the Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, the Central Tibetan Authority (CTA), will also address the convention, together with an 18-member Tibetan parliamentary delegation led by speaker Penpa Tsering. The convention has been organised jointly by the Tibetan parliament-in-exile, the Italian Parliamentarian Group for Tibet and the International Campaign for Tibet, Europe.