(22 Nov 2008)
1. Wide of Tibetan parliament-in-exile building
2. Mid of people walking in and out of Tibetan parliament-in-exile building
3. Pan of Samdhong Rinpoche, Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile getting out of car
4. Mid of Tibetan flag
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Samdhong Rinpoche, Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile:
"The committee's report appears to be a quiet consensus in favour of the middle path approach, as we expected before."
6. Mid of Tibetan parliament-in-exile building
7. Rinpoche walking up stairs
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of Tibetan leaders were debating how to best advance their cause in the last session of a pivotal week long meeting re-evaluating their decades long strategy.
Tibetans from all over the world flocked to Dharmsala, India, home to the Dalai Lama and the exiled government, to discuss whether to press on with a measured path of compromise towards China, or whether to call for independence for the Himalayan region.
Many of the delegates argued for nuanced paths somewhere in between.
Leaders from the exiled government are expected to publicly discuss the delegates' conclusions on Saturday afternoon.
Participants say it is unlikely the meeting will result in a dramatic break with the Dalai Lama's "middle way" approach, which pushes for autonomy but not independence.
Samdhong Rinpoche, Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, said before entering the parliament-in-exile building on Saturday, that "the committee's report appears to be a quiet consensus in favour of the middle path approach, as we expected before."
The Dalai Lama called the summit after publicly expressing frustration over the failure of his approach to yield greater autonomy for the region.
He has declined to discuss his preference for a strategy, not wanting to tilt the debate.
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