Scott Ludlam (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a)

congratulates His Holiness the Dalai Lama on celebrating his 75th birthday on 6 July 2010;

(b)

notes the Dalai Lama’s unstinting commitment to non-violence, his pragmatism in seeking a ‘Middle Way’ approach in order to reach a peaceful and practical solution for the future of Tibet and its people and his work in promoting inter-religious understanding;

(c)

acknowledges the Dalai Lama’s Nobel Peace Prize awarded in 1989, his US Congressional Gold Medal in 2007 and the many other awards and honours presented for his wide-ranging work in advocating peace, non-violence, inter-religious understanding, universal responsibility and compassion; and

(d)

expresses its hopes for a peacefully negotiated settlement between the Tibetan people and the People’s Republic of China.