If the American people had any idea of the conditions in which children live around the world, as they are laborers with incredible levels of exploitation, as they are trafficked for sexual and other things, as they are working in the mines in the Congo and in other places, as they are put in refugee camps.
Otero highlights the dire conditions faced by children globally to raise awareness.
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The U.S. Government believes that the Dalai Lama can be a constructive partner for China, particularly as it deals with the challenges of resolving continuing tensions in Tibetan areas.
promote a substantive, results-oriented dialogue between the Chinese Government and the Dalai Lama or his representatives
to resume substantive, results-oriented dialogue with the Dalai Lama or his representatives to address the underlying grievances of China's Tibetan population.
Our role is to be at that table and to argue that our system, our democratic values, the values of the United Nations charter are the ones that we must uphold.