The first Mongolia-Tibet Cultural and Religious Symposium has taken place in Dharamshala, convened by the Tibet Policy Institute. Three panel discussions took place at the one-day meeting: Buddhism in Tibet and Mongolia; Mongol-Tibet Relations and Human Rights and Ecology. Sikyong Lobsang Sangay, President of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile said that the people of Tibet and Southern Mongolia are both subject to severe repression under the Chinese regime.