“Ignored by Beijing, Forgotten by the UN: Tibet’s Fight for Rights at 75”, Tfipost, October 05, 2025
“In 1950, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched an invasion of Tibet. From Tibet’s perspective, this invasion interrupted centuries of independent nationhood. The Chinese, meanwhile, believed they were simply re-establishing control of part of their sovereign territory, which had been wrested from them during the past century of foreign imperialism and precipitating civil war.
Exile and Resistance: 1959 — The Year Tibet Rose and Fell
Following the uprising against Chinese occupation in March 1959, thousands of Tibetans, including the Dalai Lama, were forced into exile. The Dalai Lama referred the matter of Tibet to the UN Secretary-General in September 1959, seeking an international response to the situation in Tibet.
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted three resolutions concerning Tibet between 1959 and 1965, specifically in 1959 (Res. 1353), 1961 (Res. 1723), and 1965 (Res. 2079), calling for the respect of the Tibetan people’s human rights and cultural heritage, which remain unheeded today…….”
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