Nations General Assembly Resolution 2625, the right to self-determination is the right of a people to determine its own destiny and the exercise of this right can result in a variety of outcomes ranging from independence, federation, protection, some form of autonomy or full integration within a State. (8) United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1723, adopted on December 20, 1961, called for the cessation of practices which deprive the Tibetan people of their fundamental human rights and freedoms, including their right to self-determination. . (9) Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in a May 26, 2022, speech entitled The Administration’s Approach to the People’s Republic of China, said that the rules-based international order's founding documents include the UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which enshrined concepts like self-determination, sovereignty, the peaceful settlement of disputes. These are not Western constructs. They are reflections of the world’s shared aspirations. . (10) The Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 ( 22 U.S.C. 6901 note), as amended by the Tibetan Policy and Support Act of 2020, in directing the United States Government to promote the human rights and distinct religious, cultural, linguistic, and historical identity of the Tibetan people acknowledges that the Tibetan people possess a distinct religious, cultural, linguistic, and historical identity. (11) Department of State reports on human rights and religious freedom have consistently documented systematic repression by the authorities of the People’s Republic of China against Tibetans as well as acts of defiance and resistance by Tibetan people against the People’s Republic of China policies. (12) The Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 ( 22 U.S.C. 6901 note), as amended by the Tibetan Policy and Support Act of 2020, specifies that the central objective of the United States Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues is to promote substantive dialogue between the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Dalai Lama, his