37th Session UNHRC: Intervention by Mr. Dušan Vejinović - Senior Research Analyst EFSAS
09-03-2018, Geneva
Text and video of the Intervention by Mr. Dušan Vejinović, Senior Research Analyst European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS), on General Debate Item 3 (Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development) during the 37th Session of the UNHRC in Geneva.
Video of Mr. Dušan Vejinović's Intervention on General Debate Item 3 during the 37th Session of the UNHRC
"Mr. President,
The UN Resolutions on Jammu & Kashmir of 13 August 1948, obligate the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to withdraw its forces from the State of Jammu & Kashmir.
I, as a Human Rights Activist and a researcher on this subject, fail to understand why after more than 70 years, Pakistan has not adhered to this legally binding agreement.
Contrary to the country’s diplomatic rhetoric, it is Pakistan which has denied the people of Jammu & Kashmir their fundamental human rights.
Moreover, it is now aspiring to become a broker of Jammu & Kashmir, by negotiating the sale of Gilgit Baltistan to Beijing, in return for stacks of Chinese Yuan.
While Pakistan manifests itself as a self-styled advocate of the rights of the people of Jammu & Kashmir, the factual situation is, that it remains an illegal occupier of Jammu & Kashmir, which has deprived the people of their political and civil liberties.
An occupier, which continues to produce, finance, manage and export Terrorism through its imperious Army and monocratic intelligence agencies.
Mr. President,
Why is Pakistan allowed to infringe International Law and make a mockery of this august Institution?
The United Nations is obliged to act. Not only to ensure peace in South Asia, but more importantly, to maintain its own credibility and reinforce its authority.
If it doesn’t, future generations, might hold it complicit.
Thank you".
