30th Birthday of Panchen Lama

That the Parliament notes the 30th birthday of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima; expresses concern that the whereabouts of Gedhun are unknown since his reported disappearance at the hands of Chinese authorities in May 1995, at the age of six; understands that the People’s Republic of China has illegally occupied Tibet since 1950 and has refused to recognise Gedhun as the 11th Panchen Lama; notes that 2019 marks the 60th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising and the establishment of the Tibetan Government-In-Exile in Dharamsala, India, and calls for the immediate release of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima and all other political prisoners of the Chinese regime in Tibet and China.