ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has called upon UNESCO to press Indian government torestore fundamental rights of people of Jammu and Kashmir and resolve thisinternational dispute as per UN resolutions.
While delivering Pakistan’s national statement at 40th session of UNESCOGeneral Conference being held in Paris, Federal Minister for Education andProfessional Training Shafqat Mahmood drew world’s attention towardsdangerous trends where intellectual, moral and legal basis for maintainingglobal peace is eroding and education and cultural values being undermined.
The minister said over eight million Kashmiris had been locked down undercurfew for more than hundred days with their basic human rights andfundamental freedoms being trampled with impunity. The minister alsoexpressed dismay at the decision of India’s highest court, which virtuallycondoned the destruction of centuries old Babri Mosque in Ayodhya.
Pakistan called upon India to come out of its denial about the disputednature of Jammu and Kashmir, and reminded it of UN Secretary General’sstatement of 8 August 2019 which reaffirmed that UN’s position on Kashmiris governed by the UN Charter and applicable Security Council resolutions.
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China also condemned and rejected Indian attempts to categorize Jammu andKashmir, and Ladakh as their integral part.