Daily Diary (DD) - Day 308 of 2019

1221hrs:

Consultation in full swing.....

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I wonder if he understands the full extent of his own statement:

It’s us who have to decide this none else https://t.co/ELSszxYo7n

— Raja Muhammad Farooq Haider Khan (@farooq_pm) November 4, 2019

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We continue to monitor what happens in Westminster:

Afzal Khan 
Shadow Minister (Home Office) (Immigration)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the implementation of UN resolutions to uphold the human rights of the Kashmiri people.

Heather Wheeler 
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
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We recognise that there are human rights concerns in both India-administered Kashmir and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Any allegation of human rights abuse is deeply concerning and must be investigated thoroughly, promptly, transparently and independently. We encourage all states to uphold their international human rights obligations and to ensure domestic laws are in line with international standards.

Reference:

(Citation: HC Deb, 4 November 2019, cW)

The shadow minister asked an important leading question which was totally ignored. I would clarify that the UN resolutions cited in the question are not just inadequate but impractical in 2019, as they rely on successful Indo-Pak bilateralism, just like the UK government does. After all, it was the then UK Government (in 1947) that facilitated the UN process for both India and Pakistan, if only to shift attention away from itself for facilitating the entry of Indian and Pakistani troops into Jammu & Kashmir. They both (the UK and the UN) deprive the people of Jammu & Kashmir of agency in their own affairs.

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