China accused the US on Monday of using the
United Nations to "meddle" in Tibet, as
Washington intensifies its bid to prevent
Beijing from handpicking the Dalai Lama's successor.
Last week, Sam Brownback, the United States' ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, said the US wanted the UN to take up the succession issue of the Tibetan spiritual leader.
The choice of the Dalai Lama's successor "belongs to the Tibetan Buddhists and not the Chinese government", Brownback told AFP.