Justice Not Done Yet: YFK Reminds World On 61^st Anniversary Of UN Resolution On Kashmir

By News Desk

ISLAMABAD—Kashmir is at the heart of a possible nuclear confrontation between Pakistan and India, therefore it is obligatory on the peace loving nations across the globe to come forward to resolve the conflict peacefully. Kashmiris do not seek compensation for the wealth they have lost, they do not demand financial aid to help them better their lives. All they ask for is to let them choose who they want to be, let them choose their identity.

This came in a statement issued in Islamabad by YFK–International Kashmir Lobby Group (Youth Forum For Kashmir); working for the peaceful resolution of Kashmir Conflict.

It was on 24^th January in 1957 when the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) passed a Resolution No. 122, supporting the right of Kashmiris’ to decide their future by themselves: “The final disposition of the State of Jammu and Kashmir will he made in accordance with the will of the people expressed through the democratic method of a free and impartial plebiscite conducted under the auspices of the United Nations”.

On this occasion, The YFK;

• Insists that India’s military occupation end immediately.
• Calls on New Delhi to meet international standards of justice and fair play by withdrawing the occupation army from Srinagar and all other Kashmiri cities.
• Demands that India allow Kashmiris to take charge of their government as a first step towards resolving the international dispute in accordance with UNSC Resolutions.
• Appeals to the European Parliament, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, OSCE, ASEAN, SAARC, the Arab League, and the OIC to recognize the right of Kashmiri people to Self-Determination, and view it as the unfinished agenda of the freedom movement that led to the independence of both Pakistan and Indian in 1947 through a democratic and legal struggle where people voted to join either Pakistan or India after the departure of British forces from the region.
• Reminds the world of the democratic nature of this Resolution. UN Resolution reads: ‘The question of the accession of the State of Jammu and Kashmir to India or Pakistan will be decided through the democratic method of a free and impartial plebiscite.’
• Urges the United Nations Security Council to seize itself of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Kashmir, where India’s military occupation authorities have been found involved in arbitrary and extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, denial of basic civil liberties, and the use of rape as a weapon of war. We urge that the world body should play its key role in resolving the Kashmir dispute for perpetual peace, progress and prosperity in South Asia.

YFK–International Kashmir Lobby Group (Youth Forum For Kashmir) is a non-partisan, international non-governmental organization, working for the peaceful resolution of Kashmir Conflict in accordance with United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolutions.