ASSOCIATION OF ITALIAN MUNICIPALITIES FOR TIBET CONSTITUTIVE ASSEMBLY Turin, 9 march 2002, Aula del Consiglio Regionale del Piemonte, Via Alfieri 15

Overview	Olivier Dupuis, TRP Secretary, MEP and Bruno Mellano, Member of the Regional Council of Piedmont
Bruno Mellano elected Coordinator of the Association of Italian Municipalities for Tibet	Piero Verni, Chairman of Italia-Tibet; Bruno Mellano, Member of the Regional Council of Piedmont; Claudio Tecchio, Coordinator of the Tibet Solidarity Group
Claude Levenson, Sinologist and Writer Gianni Vernetti, MP, Coordinator of the Tibet Intergroup of the Italian Parliament; Bruno Mellano, Member of the Regional Council of Piedmont; Giampiero Leo, Councillor for Cultural Affairs of Piedmont; Olivier Dupuis, TRP Secretary, MEP	Gianni Vernetti, MP, Coordinator of the Tibet Intergroup of the Italian Parliament; Roberto Cota, Chairman of the Regional Council of Piedmont; Giampiero Leo, Councillor for Cultural Affairs of Piedmont
A white scarf is given to each participant

Ngawang Choephel, Tibet Bureau of Geneva (The Bureau officially represents H.H. the Dalai Lama in Europe)	Gianni Vernetti, MP, Coordinator of the Tibet Intergroup in the Italian Parliament	Olivier Dupuis, TRP Secretary, MEP
Lorenzo Strik Lievers, Member of the Regional Council of Lombardy	Claudio Tecchio, Coordinator of the Tibet Solidarity Group	Champa Tender, European Representative of the Tibet Humanity Organization
Giampiero Leo, Councillor for Cultural Affairs of Piedmont	Piero Verni, Chairman of Italia-Tibet	Carmelo Palma, Member of the Regional Council of Piedmont
Beppe Lodi, Councillor and Representative of Turin City Council	Claude Levenson, Sinologist and Writer	Alfredo Fava Minor, Entrepreneur, Member of Falung Gong
Sara Battistini, Amnesty International