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Date / Name of the Person / Title / Place of Meeting / Country of Dignitary

Nov. 7, 2004 / Dr. M.G. Buthelezi / President of the South African Inkatha Freedom Party / Durban / South Africa

His Holiness the Dalai Lama with Former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa on November 5, 2004.

Nov. 5, 2004 / Nelson Mandela / Former President of South Africa / Johannesburg / South Africa

Oct. 5, 2004 / Santiago Creel / Secretary of Interior of Mexico / Mexico / Mexico City

Oct. 1, 2004 / Maria del Carmen Acena / Minister of Education of Guatemala / Guatemala City / Guatemala

Oct. 1, 2004 / Jorge Briz Abularach / Foreign Minister of Guatemala / Guatemala City / Guatemala

Oct. 1, 2004 / Eduardo Stein Barrillas / Vice President of Guatemala / Guatemala City / Guatemala

Oct. 1, 2004 / Oscar Jose Rafael Berger Perdomo / President of Guatemala / Guatemala City / Guatemala

Sept. 29, 2004 / Francisco Lainez / Foreign Minister of El Salvador / San Salvador / El Salvador

Sept. 29, 2004 / Ana Vilma de Escobar / Vice President of El Salvador / San Salvador / El Salvador

Sept. 29, 2004 / Tony Saca / President of El Salvador / San Salvador / El Salvador

Sept. 27, 2004 / Mario Redondo Poveda / Speaker of the Costa Rican Parliament / San Jose / Costa Rica

Sept. 27, 2004 / Gerardo Gonzalez Esquivel / President of the Costa Rican Congress / San Jose / Costa Rica

Sept. 27, 2004 / Roberto Tova Faja / Foreign Minister of Costa Rica / San Jose / Costa Rica

Sept. 27, 2004 / Lineth Sabario / Vice President of Costa Rica / San Jose / Costa Rica

Sept. 27, 2004 / Abel Pacheco / President of Costa Rica / San Jose / Costa Rica

Sept. 26, 2004 / Guido Saenz / Minister of Culture of Costa Rica / San Jose / Costa Rica

His Holiness the Dalai Lama with the Governor of Puerto Rico Sila Calderon in San Juan, Puerto Rico on September 23, 2004.

Sept. 23, 2004 / Sila Calderon / Governor of Puerto Rico / San Juan / Puerto Rico

Sept. 17, 2004 / Jeb Bush / Governor of Florida / Miami / USA
 
July 3, 2004 / Dr. Manmohan Singh / Prime Minister of India / New Delhi / India

July 3, 2004 / Sonia Gandhi / Chairperson of the Indian United Progressive Alliance / New Delhi / India

May 28, 2004 / Michael Howard / Leader of the U.K. Opposition / London / U.K.

May 28, 2004 / H.R.H. Prince Charles / Prince of Wales / London / U.K.

May 27, 2004 / Jack Straw / Foreign Secretary of the U.K. / London / U.K.

May 27, 2004 / Dr. Rowan Williams / Archbishop of Canterbury / London / U.K.

May 6, 2004 / Dalton McGuinty / Premier of Ontario / Toronto / Canada

May 6, 2004 / James Bartelman / Lt. Governor of Ontario / Toronto / Canada

His Holiness the Dalai Lama with Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin and Archbishop of Ottawa Marcel Gervais in Ottawa, Canada on April 23, 2004.

April 23, 2004 / Paul Martin / Prime Minister of Canada / Ottawa / Canada

April 22, 2004 / Stephen Harper / Leader of the Canadian Conservative Party / Ottawa / Canada

April 18, 2004 / Gordon Campbell / Premier of British Columbia / Vancouver / Canada

Nov. 28, 2003 / Mikhail Gorbachev / Former President of the U.S.S.R. / Rome / Russia

Nov. 27, 2003 / Marcello Pera / President of the Italian Senate / Rome / Italy

Nov. 27, 2003 / H.H. Pope John Paul II / Pope / Vatican City / Vatican State

Nov. 26, 2003 / Massimo D'Aleama / Former Prime Minister of Italy / Rome / Italy

Nov. 26, 2003 / Pier Ferdinando Casini / President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies / Rome / Italy

Nov. 26, 2003 / Margherita Boniver / Deputy Foreign Minister of Italy / Rome / Italy

Oct. 15, 2003 / Jean Louis Debre / President of the French National Assembly / Paris / France

Oct. 14, 2003 / Christian Poncelet / President of the French Senate / Paris / France

Oct. 12, 2003 / Alejandro Toledo / President of Peru / Madrid / Peru

Sept. 11, 2003 / Nancy Pelosi / Minority Leader of the U.S. House / Washington DC / U.S.A.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama meeting President George W Bush at the White House in Washington DC, USA on September 10, 2003. (Official White House Photo)

Sept. 10, 2003 / George W. Bush / President of the U.S. / Washington DC / U.S.A.

Sept. 9, 2003 / Colin Powell / U.S. Secretary of State / Washington DC / U.S.A.

Sept. 9, 2003 / Tom Daschle / Minority Leader of the U.S. Senate / Washington DC / U.S.A.

Sept. 9, 2003 / Bill Frist / Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate / Washington DC / U.S.A.

Sept. 9, 2003 / Tom Daschle / Minority Leader of the U.S. Senate / Washington DC / U.S.A.

June 6, 2003 / Anders Fogh Rasmussen / Prime Minister of Denmark / Copenhagen / Denmark

June 4, 2003 / Per Stig Moller / Foreign Minister of Denmark / Copenhagen / Denmark

June 3, 2003 / Bjorn Von Sydow  / Speaker of the Swedish Parliament / Stockholm / Sweden

May 30, 2003 / Joschka Fischer / Foreign Minister of Germany / Berlin / Germany

May 30, 2003 / Wolfgang Thierse / President of the German Parliament / Berlin / Germany

May 30, 2003 / Claudia Roth / Commissioner of Human Rights of Germany / Berlin / Germany

May 27, 2003 / George Fernandes / Minister of Defence of India / New Delhi / India

Nov. 7, 2002 / Nambaryn Enkhbayar / Prime Minister of Mongolia / Ulan Bator / Mongolia

Oct. 13, 2002 / Benita Ferrero-Waldner / Foreign Minister of Austria / Graz / Austria

Oct. 8, 2002 / Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam / President of India / New Delhi / India

Oct. 8, 2002 / Bhairon Singh Shekhawat / Vice President of India / New Delhi / India

July 8, 2002 / Ivica Racan / Prime Minister of Croatia / Zagreb / Croatia

July 6, 2002 / Dr. Dimitrij Rupel / Foreign Minister of Slovenia / Ljubljana / Slovenia

July 5, 2002 / Mr. Milan Kucan / President of Slovenia / Ljubljana / Slovenia

July 4, 2002 / Dr. Janez Drnovsek / Prime Minister of Slovenia / Ljubljana / Slovenia

July 4, 2002 / Borut Pahor / President of the Slovenian National Assembly / Ljubljana / Slovenia

His Holiness the Dalai Lama meeting with Czech Republic President Vaclav Havel in Prague, Czech Republic on July 2, 2002.

July 2, 2002 / Vaclav Havel / President of the Czech Republic / Prague / Czech Republic

May 28, 2002 / Jim Anderton / Prime Minister of New Zealand / Wellington / New Zealand

May 28, 2002 / Phil Goff / Foreign Minister of New Zealand / Wellington / New Zealand

Nov. 30, 2001 / Giovanni Alemanni / Minister of Agriculture & Forestry of Italy / Pomaia / Italy

Nov. 28, 2001 / Jorge Sampaio / President of Portugal / Lisbon / Portugal

Nov. 27, 2001 / H.M. King of Portugal / King of Portugal / Fatima / Portugal

Oct. 24, 2001 / Nicole Fontaine / President of the European Parliament / Strasbourg / France

Oct. 24, 2001 / Simeon II / Prime Minister of Bulgaria / Strasbourg / France

July 3, 2001 / Atal Behari Vajpayee / Prime Minister of India / New Delhi / India

June 24, 2001 / Valdas Adamkus / President of Lithuania / Vilnius / Lithuania

June 23, 2001 / Andris Berzins / Prime Minister of Latvia / Riga / Latvia

June 21, 2001 / Vaira Vike-Frigbera / President of Latvia / Riga / Latvia

June 19, 2001 / Maart Laar / Prime Minister of Estonia / Tallinn / Estonia

May 23, 2001 / George W. Bush / President of the U.S. / Washington / U.S.A.

May 22, 2001 / Colin Powell / U.S. Secretary of State / Washington / U.S.A.

May 22, 2001 / Richard Armitage / U.S. Deputy Secretary of State / Washington / U.S.A.

May 13, 2001 / John Kitzhaber / Governor of Oregon / Portland / U.S.A.

May 10, 2001 / Michael Leavitt / Governor of Utah / Salt Lake City / U.S.A.

May 9, 2001 / Jesse Ventura / Governor of Minnesota / St. Paul / U.S.A.

May 6, 2001 / Ruth Dreifuss / Interior Minister of Switzerland / Basel / Switzerland

April 7, 2001 / Chan Chung-hsung / Prime Minister of Taiwan / Taipei / Taiwan

April 7, 2001 / Hsui-lien Annetta Lu / Vice President of Taiwan / Taipei / Taiwan

April 5, 2001 / Chen Shui-bian  /  President of Taiwan / Taipei / Taiwan

April 2, 2001 / Wang Jin-pyng / Speaker of the Taiwanese Parliament / Taipei / Taiwan

Jan. 29, 2001 / Atal Behari Vajpayee / Prime Minister of India / New Delhi / India

Oct. 21, 2000 / Mary McAleese / President of Ireland / Belfast / Northern Ireland

Oct. 16, 2000 / Vaclav Havel / President of the Czech Republic / Prague / Czech Republic

Oct. 13, 2000 / Janos Martonyi / Foreign Minister of Hungary / Budapest / Hungary

Oct. 11, 2000 / Viktor Orban / Prime Minister of Hungary / Budapest / Hungary

July 3, 2000 / Madeline Albright / U.S. Secretary of State / Washington DC/ U.S.A.

June 21, 2000 / Richard Holbrooke / U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. / Washington DC / U.S.A.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama meeting President Bill Clinton at the White House in Washington DC, USA on June 20, 2000. (Official White House Photo)

June 20, 2000 / Bill Clinton / President of the U.S. / Washington DC / U.S.A.

May 23, 2000 / Jens Stoltenberg / Prime Minister of Norway / Oslo  / Norway

May 22, 2000 / Thorbjorn Jagland / Foreign Minister of Norway / Oslo / Norway

May 22, 2000 / H.M. King Harold / King of Norway / Oslo / Norway

May 21, 2000 / Poul Nyrup Rasmussen / Prime Minister of Denmark / Copenhagen / Denmark

May 17, 2000 / Goran Persson / Prime Minister of Sweden / Stockholm / Sweden

May 16, 2000 / Anna Lindh / Foreign Minister of Sweden / Stockholm / Sweden

May 16, 2000 / Birgitta Dahl / Speaker of the Swedish Parliament / Stockholm  / Sweden

May 11, 2000 / Jerzy Buzek / Prime Minister of Poland / Warsaw  / Poland

May 10, 2000 / Maciej Plazynski / Speaker of the Polish Parliament / Warsaw / Poland /

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