Obama and Hu: from the UN to Beijing
There is much focus on the United Nations today, as President Obama gives his first speech to the General Assembly. China’s President Hu will also speak, and both met yesterday after they addressed a conference on climate change.
While President Obama’s speech did not touch on Tibet/China (and was not expected to), there are elements that bear watching for how his Administration will tackle this issue now that his emissaries have returned from Dharamsala.
“We know the future will be forged by deeds and not simply words. Speeches alone will not solve our problems – it will take persistent action.”
Within this concept lies the hope that the Obama Administration’s approach on Tibet will focus on the deeds and actions necessary for progress. Recall Secretary Clinton’s comments suggesting the Administration wanted to move beyond standard rhetoric and find “some way” to make progress on Tibet.
Offering a different view, the Washington Post today ran an opinion piece by a former G.W. Bush speechwriter that looks at the negative consequences of Obama’s decision not to meet with the Dalai Lama in October.
In speeches both today and yesterday, President Obama targeted one particular conflict in his speech, the Israeli-Palestinian issue with noticeable doses of impatience and sternness. He publicly expressed his expectations for “meaningful steps” from each party and disappointment in lack of progress. To Israel, the staunch U.S. ally, Obama made clear the U.S. “does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements.” The Washington Post article reports that he “chided” both the Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
While each struggle has its own history, the universal context in which President Obama speaks about actions and results raises expectations that he would apply the same approach to other issues like Tibet. If he can talk frankly and publicly about the results he expects from the leader of a democratic ally (Israel), can’t he also do the same with the leader of the People’s Republic of China?
As I wrote before, Obama’s new approach on Tibet does raise expectations that he has a strategy to promote progress on Tibet, and his words at the UN only reinforce that view. Whether his Administration moves beyond the President’s words into meaningful actions remains to be seen when he meets with Hu in Beijing and beyond.
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[...] From the non-meeting during the Dalai Lama’s D.C. visit to the substance in his summit statement (not to mention a reputation for being a results-oriented leader), President Obama has raised expectations that his Administration has a strategy for real progress on Tibet. Now that his relationship with Beijing has its official commencement, we will be watching to see when Obama’s approach moves to “deeds and not simply words.” [...]
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no pueden estar ajenos cuando se tratan asuntos humanitarios que hacen al bien comun de toda una comunidad;
desde nuestro lugar acompañamos y deseamos la sumatoria de otros jefes de estado como lo hizo el Pte. de los EE.UU
Saludos Cordiales
Lic. Eduardo G. Tarabay
Dir. Fundacion Cedros S.L Rep. Arg.
email:fundacioncedros2009@sanluisctv.com.ar
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