Shimla, March 8 -- Representatives of Tibet Support Groups from 32 countries on Friday unanimously endorsed the exclusive authority of the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso to determine matters related to his reincarnation, warning against any interference by China in the centuries-old Tibetan Buddhist tradition.

The endorsement came through the Dharamshala Declaration, adopted on the first day of the Special International Tibet Support Groups Conference being held in Dharamshala.

The declaration was read out by Kai Muller, representative of Tibet Support Groups, in the presence of Penpa Tsering, the Sikyong (president) of the Central Tibetan Administration, and RK Khrimey, former MP from Arunachal Pradesh and national convener of the Core...