ISLAMABAD:At the United Nations (UN), Pakistan has urged the world body to step up its efforts and urgently resolve the Kashmir dispute in order to halt Indian atrocities in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and prevent a threat to regional and global peace and security.
This was stated by Pakistan’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Munir Akram, while commenting on the report of the UN chief on the work of the Organization, says a press release received here on Saturday from New York.
He said United Nations and the Secretary General can do much more to address peace and security threats by fully using the authority provided by the United Nations Charter. The Pakistani envoy said, the primary threat in South Asia is posed by the long-festering dispute over Jammu and Kashmir and the blatant attempt by India to impose what its extremist regime calls a “Final Solution” to Jammu and Kashmir.
He said India’s attempt since August 5, 2019 to annex occupied Jammu and Kashmir – to transform the Muslim majority state into a Hindu majority territory – constitutes a grave violation of the UN Charter and UN Security Council resolutions.
The envoy said these resolutions have promised the Kashmiris their right to self-determination through a UN supervised plebiscite. He said the Security Council has also declared that unilateral measures, such as those taken by India, to change the status of occupied Jammu and Kashmir are null and void.