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World Tibet Network News Friday, February 25, 1994

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6. Human Rights Commission Tibet Report "Full of Distortion"

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GENEVA, February 17, Xinhua (Beijing, February 18) [February 19, Summary
of World Broadcasts (BBCMS); original report in Chinese] -- Chinese delegate
Choegyal today denounced the slander by a non-governmental organization on
China's human rights records in Tibet.

Speaking at the 50th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights,
Choegyal, who himself is a Tibetan, said a delegate of the non-governmental
organization, using rumours which he himself admitted were unconfirmed,
launched an unbridled attack against China over its human rights records in
the region of Tibet.

"In fact, he is not concerned about human rights, his real motive is to
use the human rights issue for dividing China," Choegyal said. "As a
Tibetan, I have experienced decades of historic changes since Tibet, in
addition to about 10,000 tourists from around the world. the liberation of
Tibet. We are best qualified to comment on the situation of human rights in
Tibet," Choegyal added.

He said that since the peaceful liberation, particularly after the
democratic reform in 1959, the situation of human rights of the Tibetan
people had changed radically. In the Tibetan Autonomous Region, there had
been great economic and social progress and visible improvement of people's
living standards, with traditional customs being respected and religious
freedom protected, Cheogyal said.

He said the Tibetan people were wholeheartedly supporting all policies
of the central government for Tibet, especially those designed specially
for the region in the past decade. They felt from their own experiences
that the past few decades have been the best period in terms of the
situation of their human rights, Cheogyal said.

He noted that the speech delivered by the non-governmental organization
delegate "is full of distortion and fabrication". Choegyal said: "The
situation in Tibet today is known to everybody and as long as one maintains
a just position, one can see the overall and real situation there."

He said that in 1993 alone, government officials, parliamentarians,
diplomats and journalists from 24 countries visited

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Articles in this Issue:

1. Christopher Says China Not Meeting Terms for MFN
2. Dalai Lama to Tell Bonn about Human Rights in Tibet
3. Building a School in Katsel, Tibet: The Tibetan School Project
4. Gyaincain Norbu and Chen Hanchang Address Propaganda Conference
5. Tibet Party Secretary Appears at Beijing Tea Party
6. Human Rights Commission Tibet Report "Full of Distortion"
7. Apology for Multiple Mailings

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