UNITED NATIONS, Oct 31 : Pakistani and Indian delegates Wednesday engaged in a fresh verbal duel at the United Nations that resulted from an earlier speech by Pakistan\u2019s UN Ambassador Munir Akram in which he called for applying the International Court of Justice\u2019s actions on Palestine to Jammu and Kashmir as well.<\/p>\n
Speaking in a UN General Assembly debate on the work of ICJ last Friday, Ambassador Akram said that the World Court\u2019s set of measures on Palestine\u2019s case represented a significant contribution towards the resolution of the conflict, and emphasized that those steps must also be applied to the situation in Indian occupied Kashmir.<\/p>\n
\u201cMany peoples, particularly the people of Palestine and occupied Jammu and Kashmir, continue to be subjected to foreign and colonial occupation and denied their right to self-determination,\u201d the Pakistani envoy had said, noting that genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity are being committed, with impunity, by some rogue States.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, Indian delegate R. Maythili reacted to Ambassador Akram\u2019s sharp comments and accused him of misusing the UN forum. She then claimed that Jammu and Kashmir was an integral part of India, saying that Pakistan was in occupation of a part of that state.<\/p>\n
Pakistani delegate Rabia Ijaz hit back at India immediately.<\/p>\n
\u201cJammu and Kashmir is not an integral part of India, it is a disputed territory as is evidenced by all UN Maps and official documents,\u201d she told the 193-member Assembly.<\/p>\n
The UN Security Council resolution 47 (1948), the Pakistani delegate said, notes the desire of India and Pakistan that \u201cthe question of the accession of Jammu and Kashmir to India or Pakistan should be decided through the democratic method of a free and impartial plebiscite\u201d. That call for a plebiscite was reiterated in several Security Council resolutions.<\/p>\n
India, she said, accepted this decision and is bound to comply with it in accordance with Article 25 of the UN Charter. \u201cIt cannot be wished away by India through legal acrobatics.\u201d<\/p>\n
Terming India\u2019s attempts to deny its illegal occupation of Kashmir as a travesty, Ms.Ijaz said that only an occupier would oppose the implementation of Security Council resolutions that promised self-determination to the people of the disputed territory.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf India has any respect for international law and moral courage, it would end its reign of terror, withdraw its troops and let the Kashmiris freely decide their future in accordance with Security Council resolutions,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 31 : Pakistani and Indian delegates Wednesday engaged in a fresh verbal duel at the United Nations that resulted from an earlier speech by Pakistan\u2019s UN Ambassador Munir Akram in which he called for applying the International Court of Justice\u2019s actions on […]<\/p>\n
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