21 April 2008
Dalai Lama honorary citizen of Paris
(AFP; Le Monde) The Council of Paris city voted in favour of a motion introduced by Bertrand Delanoe, the city’s mayor, to confer honorary citizenship to the Dalai Lama. The decision will "pay tribute to a champion of peace, a tireless advocate of dialogue between people", said Delanoe. "Paris also wants to show its support for the people of Tibet who are defending their most basic right to dignity, freedom and simply life", the mayor said in a previous statement. The Dalai Lama is scheduled to visit France in August 2008.