UNITED NATIONS, Oct 15 : Describing India\u2019s occupation of Jammu and Kashmir as the \u201cworst manifestation of modern-day colonialism,\u201d Pakistan has underscored the need for the resolution of the decades-old dispute over the Himalayan state to achieve durable peace in South Asia.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe United Nations and all its Member States are bound by the UN Charter to promote a peaceful settlement of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with the UN Security Council resolutions and the wishes of the Kashmiri people,\u201d Ambassador Munir Akram, permanent representative of Pakistan to the UN, told the General Assembly\u2019s Special Political and Decolonization (Fourth) Committee on Monday.<\/p>\n
Noting that since 1946, 80 former colonies have gained independence, he said, \u201cThere are still peoples who are denied the right to self-determination, among them the people of occupied Kashmir and Palestine.\u201d<\/p>\n
Condemning Israeli genocidal war against the Palestinian people and the aggression against Lebanon, the Pakistani envoy said, \u201cIsrael\u2019s massacres and brutalities will not extinguish the struggle for freedom and self-determination of the people of Palestine\u201d. In this context, he advocated a two-state solution to usher in lasting peace in the Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSimilarly, India\u2019s occupation of Jammu & Kashmir is another worst manifestation of modern-day colonialism,\u201dhe added.<\/p>\n
The right of self-determination of the Kashmiri people, Ambassador Akram said, was explicitly recognized in UNSC resolution 47 (1948) and several subsequent resolutions, which prescribed that the final disposition of the State of Jammu & Kashmir should be decided by its people through a free and fair plebiscite held under UN auspices.<\/p>\n
These resolutions were accepted by both India and Pakistan, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnder Article 25 of the UN Charter, both parties are obliged to implement these resolutions,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
On Kashmir, the Pakistani envoy said, \u201cFor 75 years, through force and fraud, India has avoided the implementation of UN resolutions, and since 1989, it\u2019s \u2018brutal\u2019 campaign of repression killed 100,000 Kashmiris.<\/p>\n
Since August 5, 2019, he said, \u201cIndia has taken \u2018Unilateral and illegal steps\u2019 to annex occupied Kashmir in what its leaders have termed as a \u2018Final Solution\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cResolution 122 (1957) of the Security Council provides that unilateral measures \u2018to determine the future shape and affiliation of the entire state or any part thereof, would not constitute a disposition of the state’\u201d, Ambassador Akram said.<\/p>\n
\u201cConsequently, all unilateral actions taken by India on and after August 5, 2019 are not only illegal, but, ipso facto, null and void,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Underscoring that the resolution of the Jammu & Kashmir dispute is essential to achieve durable peace in South Asia, Ambassador Akram said, \u201cThe onus is on India to create conditions for a dialogue towards its settlement.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cIndia must stop its human rights violations in occupied Jammu and Kashmir; halt and reverse the process of demographic change there; and rescind the illegal and unilateral measures imposed on and after August 5, 2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pointing out that the Kashmiri people have rebuffed New Delhi\u2019s unilateral measures and continue to struggle for freedom and self-determination, Ambassador Akram said, \u201cThey have conveyed this rejection even in the sham elections organized by India, expressing support for the revival of their usurped rights.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 15 : Describing India\u2019s occupation of Jammu and Kashmir as the \u201cworst manifestation of modern-day colonialism,\u201d Pakistan has underscored the need for the resolution of the decades-old dispute over the Himalayan state to achieve durable peace in South Asia. \u201cThe United Nations […]<\/p>\n
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