Kasur Tashi Wangdi to head new Office of Tibet in Brussels The Kashag (Tibetan cabinet) today announced a major reshuffle in the post of representatives of the Offices of Tibet (OoT). According to the announcement, Kasur Tashi Wangdi, the representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in New York, will head the new Office of Tibet in Brussels. The Kashag has announced that the European Union Coordination Office based in Brussels would be turned into Office of Tibet (OoT), w.e.f. from 1 April 2008. The office of Tibet in Paris will operate as a branch of OoT Brussels. According to the notice, the decision has been taken owing to Brussels being a political capital of the European Union, where the European Commission's Office and EU Parliament are also located in the city. His Holiness the Dalai Lama has approved the proposal. Earlier, on 14 March 2005, a decision was taken to incorporate the Brussels office as a branch of the Office of Tibet, Paris. Former Kalon Lobsang Nyandak is appointed as the representative of the OoT, New York. Envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen, the representative in Geneva, Switzerland, will take a new responsibility to enhance relations and political activities in European countries, from 17 March 2008.  The Kashag, in the notice issued yesterday said Envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen will take the new responsibility, from the day when he relieves the post of representative of Geneva’s Office of Tibet. Mr Tsetan Samdup, a former deputy secretary at the OoT London, has been appointed as the new representative in Geneva. He will take charge from 18 March. Mr Dawa Tsering, Additional Secretary at the Department of Information and International Relations will be the new representative at the Taiwan office. Representative Tsegyam will be the secretary at the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala. The Offices of Tibet are the official agencies of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Central Tibetan Administration based in Dharamshala, North India. There are representative offices in 10 countries, being supervised by the International Relations of the Department of Information and International Relations. These offices are located in New Delhi, India; New York, USA; Geneva, Switzerland; Tokyo, Japan; London, UK; Canberra, Australia; Paris, France; Moscow, Russia; Pretoria, South Africa; and Taipei, Taiwan. - compiled from tibet.net reports

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