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546. The China Care and Compassion Society submitted its constructive and critical views
during the preparation of China’s national report and independent reports submitted to OHCHR.
It noted that China was implementing the national plan for children’s development and called for
more attention to be paid to the protection of migrant children and of children left behind by
migrant parents, and to meeting their basic needs for education and medical care. It also called
on local governments and specialized agencies to study policies for their protection.
547. The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights was concerned about China’s rejection of
many recommendations, including almost all of those seeking an improvement in the human
rights situation of the Tibetan people. It believed that accepting those recommendations,
including those in paragraph 82, would compel the Chinese authorities to revisit and review
some issues affecting the Tibetan people, including Order No. 5, issued by the State Council of
China, that interferes in an ancient religious procedure and tradition of the confirmation of
reincarnates of Tibetan Buddhism, and ending the “strike hard” campaign and education
programmes that forced Tibetans to denounce their spiritual leader.
548. In a joint statement, the Society for Threatened Peoples and Reporters without Borders
noted that one of the many recommendations rejected by China concerned granting access to
Tibetan areas, including for OHCHR and other United Nations bodies. It believed that this
position contradicted China’s pledges and commitments to the Council. It urged the Chinese
authorities to open Tibetan areas for visits, welcomed the authorities’ intention to invite the
High Commissioner in response to the March 2008 request, and urged China to respond
positively to a follow-up visit of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion and belief.
549. Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amitié entre les peuples, in a joint statement with
Interfaith International and the Asian Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Network, deeply regretted
the fact that the majority of recommendations had not been accepted by China, including for the
resumption of dialogue between the Government of China and representatives of the
Dalai Lama. They believed that the present impasse had arisen after the rejection by the Chinese
authorities of the requested memorandum on genuine autonomy for Tibetan people of 2007.
They recommended that the authorities seriously engage with the Dalai Lama’s representatives,
as urged by the Secretary-General, and introduce laws and regulations in accordance with the
regional ethnic autonomy law.
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