On money, protecting the bureau from the yearly Congressional budgetary process will ensure that it does maintain some independence for its mission.
The Dalai Lama has said that he does not seek independence for Tibet but rather wants genuine autonomy for Tibetan areas, under which the Tibetans make their own policies regarding religious practice, education and immigration to the areas.
The Dalai Lama, who fled Tibet in 1959 and settled in India, has insisted in recent weeks that he had no role in the violent protests and that he does not favor independence for Tibet.
The Dalai Lama, 74, who lives in exile in the Indian hill town of Dharamsala, says he does not want independence for Tibetan regions, but rather greater autonomy — the Tibetans should be able to make their own policy regarding religious practice, education and immigration to the regions, he says.
The Dalai Lama has said he does not want independence for Tibet, only meaningful autonomy.
He has said he does not want independence for Tibet, only meaningful autonomy.
But what does the independence campaign mean for people living on the geographical margins of the country?
"We're really interested in seeing how the rest of the UK and the international community react if Scotland does vote for independence," said Masaki Tomochi, a professor of economics at Okinawa International University and a leading figure in the independence movement.
Mr Djindjic and most of his probable ministers want, less drastically, to reshape the federation, but, if Montenegro does vote for independence, they may see little point in proclaiming a union.Moreover, Serbs chafe at the notion that Serbia, with 8m people, should form a union of equals with tiny Montenegro.
"If Barzani does push for independence, he's gambling that the Turks will concede that, one, KRG oil deals are more valuable than KRG statehood is dangerous, and two, that Kurds are still a valuable buffer zone vis-a-vis Iran," said analyst Lee Smith.
