Geneva Update 4 : Live from Palais de Nations
Posted on December 11th, 2009 in Taja Events
BNS correspondents Tej May Rayaka (Germany) and Ramesh Gautam (Norway) talk live from the demonstration site in front of the UN House.
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December 12th, 2009
Hellow, the European team representing the voice of
the Bhutanese refugees in Geneva,I really appreciate your dedication for our people in globe and bringing their voices which were never heard and were doomed.This really shows the true love and commitment to Bhutan and the people.
Eventually thank you again for making us aware of the things and anticipate to listen more.
January 5th, 2010
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January 5th, 2010
THIMPHU, Bhutan — If the rest of the world cannot get it right in these unhappy times, this tiny Buddhist kingdom high in the Himalayan mountains says it is working on an answer.
“Greed, insatiable human greed,” said Prime Minister Jigme Thinley of Bhutan, describing what he sees as the cause of today’s economic catastrophe in the world beyond the snow-topped mountains. “What we need is change,” he said in the whitewashed fortress where he works. “We need to think gross national happiness.”The notion of gross national happiness was the inspiration of the former king, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, in the 1970s as an alternative to the gross national product. Now, the Bhutanese are refining the country’s guiding philosophy into what they see as a new political science, and it has ripened into government policy just when the world may need it, said Kinley Dorji, secretary of information and communications.
January 5th, 2010
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་གེ་སར་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་དབང་ཕྱུག་,[1] born 21 February 1980) is the fifth Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan and head of the Wangchuck dynasty.[2] He became king on 14 December 2006, and was officially crowned on 6 November 2008
January 5th, 2010
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The young king began his unusual reign overseeing the democratization of his country, by presiding over the last sessions of the present parliament where electoral laws, land reform and other important issues were deliberated.[10] He stated that the responsibility of this generation for Bhutanese was to ensure the success of democracy. He also traveled extensively around the country to encourage participation in the upcoming democratic exercises, speaking mainly to the youth of Bhutan on the need for Bhutanese to strive for greater standards whether in education, business, civil service and the need for people of a small country to work harder than those of others.[11][12]
He signed a new treaty of friendship with India in February 2007, replacing the 1949 treaty.[13] Many government initiatives were undertaken by the new king with a view to strengthen the system in preparation for the democratic changes in 2008. After an extensive period waiting for the completion of parliamentary elections, in November 2008 a coronation public