Frankfurt, July 10 -- Over 1,000 Tibetans and friends of Tibet gathered in Frankfurt on July 6 to mark the 90th birthday of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama with a grand celebration, as reported by the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA). The event was held in the gracious presence of the chief guest, Michael Brand, a Member of the German Bundestag, and special guests, including Prof. Dr HC Roland Koch, former Minister-President of Hesse, and Phuntsok Topgyal, UN Advocacy Officer from the Tibetan Bureau in Geneva.

Also in attendance were Dieter Beine, Chief Protocol Officer of the Hessian State Chancellery; Frank, president of the Friends of Friends group; and Uwe Becker, alongside other dignitaries and representatives from Tibetan Dhar...