 Following public campaigns led by the ATC, the former Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, has met the Tibetan leader twice, in 1996 and 2007.The ATC has lobbied political leaders on both sides of Australian politics to support greater autonomy for Tibet.The ATC states that it works to achieve the United Nations resolution 1723 of 1961 calling for ""the cessation of practices which deprive the Tibetan people of their fundamental human rights and freedoms, including their right to self-determination"".