Islamabad, May 20, 2022 (PPI-OT): Mr. President,

My delegation is obliged to take the floor in response to the false and misleading comments made by the Representative of India.

Jammu and Kashmir is not and has never been a part of India. As can be verified from any official UN map, Jammu and Kashmir is “disputed territory”.

As stipulated in the Security Council resolution 47(1948), the “final disposition” of the State of Jammu and Kashmir is to be decided by the people of Jammu and Kashmir through a fair and impartial plebiscite, to be held under UN auspices.

India accepted these UN Security Council resolutions.

These remain to be implemented.

India is obligated including under Article 25 of the UN Charter to implement these resolutions.

India’s refusal to do so, for over seven decades now, constitutes a flagrant and continuing violation of the Security Council resolutions, of the UN Charter, and the international law.

The Indian government’s unilateral and illegal actions of 5 August 2019, to rob occupied Jammu and Kashmir of its identity, to oppress its people with 900,000 occupying troops and to change Jammu and Kashmir’s demography from a Muslim majority state to a Hindu majority state have narrowed the space for dialogue on Jammu and Kashmir.

India’s allegations regarding terrorism are nothing but a smokescreen to conceal state terrorism against the Kashmiri people.

History bears testimony that colonizers and occupiers often attempt to justify their suppression of legitimate struggles for self-determination and freedom by portraying them as “terrorism”.

But mark my words.

Nothing will dampen the indomitable spirits of Kashmiris to seek their inalienable right to self-determination.

Pakistan will continue to expose India’s “State terrorism” and its oppression against the people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

We will continue to call for a just solution of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the resolutions of the Security Council and wishes of the Kashmiri people, says a press release received here today from New York.

I Thank You, Mr. President.

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