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Participants in the 2003 Tibetan Youth Leadership Program, Europe, with ICT Europe Executive Director Tsering Jampa, far right

The inaugural European Tibetan Youth Leadership Program (TYLP) in Europe, held in Brussels from July 5 to 9, 2003 attracted 13 Tibetans from seven countries. The Program included a visit to the European Parliament during which the participants

Detail of image at the Oglethorpe University Museum exhibit.(Photographed Image Copyright (c) 2002 Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation) Collection of Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation

The first lady of Peru, Eliane Karp Toledo, called upon Tibet’s spiritual and temporal leader the His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala on Friday. Eliane is currently in India participating in a conference of "Dialogue among Civilisations" in New Delhi. In the meeting that lasted about 30 minutes, Mrs. Eliane and the Dalai Lama discussed on solving religious intolerance in the world. Mrs. Eliane also briefed the Dalai Lama the current situation in Peru. Her daughter, Chantal, is also accompanying for her two-day stay in Dharamsala. Mrs. Eliane wrote “For Peace to all of us and finally forever.” in the remarks-book of the museum. Photo by Prem Sood

Introducing the meeting, Bruno Mellano (Radical member of the Regional Council and Co-ordinator of the Italian Association of Communes, Provinces and Regions for Tibet) recalled the following passage from the European Parliament Resolution of 6 July 2000:"

Chinese Railways Minister Liu Zhijun has said the first-ever railway link to the remote Himalayan region of Tibet should be first-class and safe. During an inspection tour of the Qinghai-Tibet railway construction site

Indian Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha said Thursday that preparations were underway for the first high-level talks with China to resolve a border dispute that led the two Asian neighbours to war in 1962.

At least 17 workers were buried and are presumed dead in a landslide on the Sichuan-Tibet highway, a major road that connects southwestern China with the Himalayan plateau, state media reported on Friday.

According to a UNESCO press release on 10 July 2003, Fifteen new sites in 10 countries have been added to UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves, including the first members of the network in Slovenia and Yemen.

Gangtok's RTYC president receiving the prize from the former Kalon Tripa Sonam Topgyal