Central Tibetan Administration: Difference between revisions

The '''Central Tibetan Administration,''' also known as '''CTA''' ({{bo|t=བོད་མིའི་སྒྲིག་འཛུགས་|w=bod mi'i sgrig 'dzugs|s=Bömi Drikdzuk}}, {{IPA-bo|pʰỳmìː ʈìʔt͡sùʔ}}, literally '''Exile Tibetan People's Organisation'''<ref name="CTA" />) is an organisation based in India. It was originally called Tibetan Kashag Government in 1960, then later renamed to “the Government of the Great Snow Land”.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zhongguotongcuhui.org.cn/tylt/2012ndwq/201210/t20121030_3247472.html|title=TIBETAN INDEPENDENCE IS HARMFUL TO THE NATION AND A MENACE TO THE STATE|author=organization name|first=China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification|date=|website=www.Zhongguotongcuhui.org.cn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929000941/http://www.zhongguotongcuhui.org.cn/tylt/2012ndwq/201210/t20121030_3247472.html|archive-date=29 September 2017|dead-url=|access-date=1 October 2017}}</ref>. The CTA is also referred to as the '''[[Tibet (1912–51)|Tibetan Government in Exile]]''' which has never been recognized by [[China]].<ref>[http://www.tibet.cn/wap/news/focus/1458278498557.shtml]</ref> Its internal structure is government-like; it has stated that it is "not designed to take power in Tibet"; rather, it will be dissolved "as soon as freedom is restored in Tibet" in favor of a government formed by Tibetans inside Tibet.<ref name="CTA">{{cite web |url = http://www.tibet.net/en/index.php?id=14 |title = Central Tibetan Administration |publisher = [Central Tibetan Administration |access-date = 28 August 2010 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100803041342/http://www.tibet.net/en/index.php?id=14 |archivedate = 3 August 2010 |df = }}</ref> In addition to political advocacy, it administers a network of schools and other cultural activities for [[Refugees in India#Tibetan refugees|Tibetans in India]]. On 11 February 1991, the CTA became a founding member of the [[Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization]] (UNPO) at a ceremony held at the [[Peace Palace]] in [[The Hague]], [[Netherlands]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Ben Cahoon |url = http://www.worldstatesmen.org/International_Organizations2.html#UNPO |title=International Organizations N–W |publisher=Worldstatesmen.org |access-date=27 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.unpo.org/members.php |title=Members |publisher=UNPO |access-date=27 November 2011}}</ref>