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Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to United States opposition to the prison sentence of Tibetan ethnomusicologist Ngawang Choephel by the Government of the People's Republic of China,…

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Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to United States opposition to the prison sentence of Tibetan ethnomusicologist Ngawang Choephel by the Government of the People's Republic of China, and that the United States should sponsor and promote a resolution at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights regarding China and Tibet.

Introduced: March 11, 1997 Introduced by: Sanders, Bernard Independent · Vermont See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
Mar 21, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
Mar 21, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights.
Mar 11, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Mar 11, 1997
Introduced in House
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Calls for: (1) Ngawang Choephel and other prisoners of conscience in Tibet, as well as in China, to be released; (2) U.S. officials to request Mr. Choephel's release in all official meetings with representatives of the Government of the People's Republic of China; (3) the U.S. Government to sponsor and promote a resolution at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights regarding China and Tibet which specifically addresses political prisoners and negotiations with the Dalai Lama; (4) an exchange program to be established in honor of Ngawang Choephel, involving students of the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts and appropriate U.S. educational institutions; and (5) the U.S. Government to seek access for internationally recognized human rights groups to monitor human rights in Tibet.

What's happening now March 21, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.

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Pelosi, Nancy
California · Mar 11, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 44: Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to United States opposition to the prison sentence of Tibetan ethnomusicologist Ngawang Choephel by the Government of the People's Republic of China, and that the United States should sponsor and promote a resolution at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights regarding China and Tibet.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-44/
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"H. Con. Res. 44: Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to United States opposition to the prison sentence of Tibetan ethnomusicologist Ngawang Choephel by the Government of the People's Republic of China, and that the United States should sponsor and promote a resolution at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights regarding China and Tibet.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-44/.
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H. Con. Res. 44, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-44/.
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[H. Con. Res. 44: Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to United States opposition to the prison sentence of Tibetan ethnomusicologist Ngawang Choephel by the Government of the People's Republic of China, and that the United States should sponsor and promote a resolution at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights regarding China and Tibet.](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-44/)
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