New York [US] August 16 (ANI): A Tibetan delegation, accompanied by two family members of late Tibetan independence activist Lobga Rangzen, met with United Nations Human Rights Council Special Representative Anne Siyota at the United Nations and urged the international rights body to take more decisive action over the deteriorating human rights situation in Tibet, according to a Phayul report.

The delegation was led by former 13th and 14th Tibetan Youth Congress Centrex President and former Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile member Tsewang Rigzin. The delegation held discussions with Siyota for nearly an hour and submitted six demands addressing what it described as continuing violations of Tibetan rights and the erosion of Tibet’s cultural and national identity.

The first demand called on the United Nations to implement its earlier resolutions on Tibet adopted in 1959, 1961 and 1965. These resolutions had raised concerns over violations of the fundamental rights and freedoms o...