Istanbul conference urges an early, just and durable resolution to J and K dispute in accordance with UNSC resolutions.

ISTANBUL -- An international conference held in Istanbul city of Turkey has urged that there must be an early, just and durable resolution to the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions.

Two-days International Kashmir Webinar was organized by Faculty of Letters, Department of Urdu, Istanbul University.

The participants unanimously adopted the following declaration at the end of the conference:

That there must be an early, just and durable resolution to the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions.

The United Nations Security Council had clearly enunciated that on the basis of the agreement concluded between India and Pakistan, 'the final disposition of the state of Jammu and Kashmir will be made in accordance with the will of the people expressed through the democratic method of a free and impartial plebiscite conducted under the auspices of the United Nations.'

The participants welcome the statement of Antonio Guterres, the UN Secretary General that the position of the United Nations is to settle the Kashmir dispute according to the United Nations Charter and available Security Council resolutions.

They also welcome the reiteration of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that 'Turkey is in favor of resolving the Kashmir issue by taking into consideration the expectations of our Kashmiri brothers, through dialogue based on UN resolutions. Turkey will continue to stand by justice, peace and dialogue in the resolution of the Kashmir issue and Turkey will continue to raise its voice against the oppression.'

They further welcome the report of the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights that India 'fully respects the right of self-determination of the people of Kashmir as protected under international law.'

They condemn the Indian government's recent attempts at changing the demographic status by introducing the tendentious and politically motivated 'Jammu and Kashmir Grant of Domicile Certificate (Procedure) Rules 2020.' Its aim is to alter the demographic character of the Muslim-majority territory at a time when the world's attention is focused on the worst public health and economic crises of our times because of Covid 19.

The participants condemn the serious crimes against humanity committed by the Indian military and paramilitary forces in Jammu and Kashmir. These crimes include genocide, massacres, extrajudicial killings, reprisal...

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