The State of the Tibetan People as a minority experiencing complex social conflict and proposal to United Nations for applied second track intervention

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[...] There's no doubt about that.” The second member is Zhang Qingli, Party Chief in Tibet, who has been quoted as describing the Dalai Lama as wolf in monk's clothes, a devil with a human face” and has states that, “Those who do not love the motherland are not qualified to be human beings.” The third important bureaucrat is Li Dezhu, the party's racial theoretician, who believes strongly that China's objective is not to preserve and respect minority cultures such as Tibetans, but to refashion them into a Chinese style.[2] The players in this conflict include Chinese people living in Tibet, the Tibetan people, and the Tibetan government in exile, as well as refugees living abroad and primarily in India. [...]

[...] It is proposed that the Second Track Intervention for Tibet can facilitate consensus building by focusing on critical issues concerning the future of Tibet, specifically in regard to the issued of the return to Tibet. It is important to bring together many different groups of Tibetans, with different backgrounds and studies, in order to create a common consensus, for better understanding and cooperation on seeking common ground with China. Solutions will be based on a conceptual background which includes key concepts such as convergence, post-settlement contexts, civil society, community development, conflict resolution, peace building, and multi-track approaches to peace building. [...]

[...] Many young Tibetans have been removed from their families, and moved to China, in a full-blown attempt to completely indoctrinate and enculturate the Tibetan people into submission of Chinese culture. Culturally as well as spiritually, the Tibetans have suffered immensely. Socially, the relationship between monastic institutions and the community is central to Tibetan society. Over 6,000 monasteries in Tibet have been destroyed by the Chinese, leaving many nuns and monks homeless, as well as causing a major disruption in the educational system of Tibet. [...]

[...] Part Planning and Proposed Structure for a second track or citizens' diplomacy initiative bringing together unofficial representatives of the parties to promote peace building or conflict transformation The China-Tibet conflict represents a complex societal complex involving intra-state affairs. It is proposed that a Second Track or Citizens' Diplomacy method will be able to facilitate dialogue between China and Tibet. In this way, we can begin to address the complex and disheartening conflict issues. It is the goal of this organization, Minority Watch, to create a sphere for dialogue on the conflict between the Chinese, as well as the unrecognized (by the Chinese) spiritual and governing representatives from the Tibetan community. [...]

[...] Longer-term action planning and re-entry into the Tibetan region must consider the following issues:[7] * Consensus regarding the type of society that the Tibetans want to rebuild, including a determination of the type of government and constitution that is most viable * Methods for reintegration of Tibetans living inside Tibet with those who may return from exile * Social reform and development * Discussion as to the role of the Dalai Lama, monastic life, and the positive rebuilding of religious systems * Discussion on education and economic development for this minority Specifically, it is envisioned that Tibetans will be allowed to return to their homeland, and that the elected and agree-upon exiled government will be allowed to return to power on a local level. [...]