 These resolutions were passed at a time when the PRC was not permitted to become a member and of course was not allowed to present its singular version of events in the region (however, the Republic of China on Taiwan, which the PRC also tries to claim sovereignty over, was a member of the UN at the time, and it equally claimed sovereignty over Tibet and opposed Tibetan self-determination).Professor and sinologist A. Tom Grunfeld called the resolutions impractical and justified the PRC in ignoring them.Grunfeld questioned Human Rights Watch reports on human rights abuses in Tibet, saying they distorted the big picture.