SRINAGAR (Kashmir English): Kashmiris in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK)and the world over will observe January 5 (Monday) as Right to Self-Determination Day to remind the international community of its obligations on lingering Kashmir dispute.
According to Kashmir Media Service, call for observance of the day has been given by the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC).
The protest demonstrations, rallies, seminars and other programs in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan and other parts of the world will be organised to draw world’s attention towards the sufferings of the Kashmiri people due to the unfulfilled promise of plebiscite by the United Nations.
It was on 5th January in 1949 when the UN Security Council passed a historic resolution stating that the question of accession of the Jammu and Kashmir to India or Pakistan will be decided through the democratic method of a free and impartial plebiscite.
The APHC urged the United Nations to implement its resolutions on Kashmir without further delay “If it wants to restore its lost credibility.”
Kashmiris awaiting plebiscite
Now it is the time for the UN to act and save the Kashmiris from Modi regime’s onslaught and deplored that seven decades have passed but the promise of plebiscite, which the World Body had made to the Kashmiris, remains unfulfilled till date.
More inaction on the part of the UN will further embolden India to suppress the Kashmiris with over one million Indian forces personnel deployed in IIOJK (Kashmir valley, Jammu and Ladakh regions), which has been turned it into the most militarized zone in the world, the APHC added.
