The Treasury of Lives

Tibetan Delegation to the United Nations



Source: A Life Unforeseen: A Memoir of Service to Tibet by Rinchen Sadutshang

Tibetan government officials Rinchen Sadutshang, Tsipon Wangchuk Deden Shakabpa and Gyalo Thondup, the Dalai Lama's older brother in front of the United Nations in September 1959. The delegation made three such trips to the UN, in the falls of 1959, 1960 and 1961, to seek support for Tibet.    


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