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United Nations Security Council Resolution 47, adopted on 21 April 1948, concerns the resolution of the Kashmir conflict.After hearing arguments from both India and Pakistan, the Council increased the size of the UN Commission created by the former Resolution 39 to five members, instructed the Commission to go to the subcontinent and help the governments of India and Pakistan restore peace and ...
United Nations blue beret with UN badge worn by UN Military Observer Richard Cooper in India and Kashmir, c. 1973–1974. The United Nations has played an advisory role in maintaining peace and order in the Kashmir region soon after the independence and partition of British India into the dominions of Pakistan and India in 1947, when a dispute erupted between the two new States on the question ...
United Nations Security Council Resolution 91, adopted on March 30, 1951, noting a report by Sir Owen Dixon, the United Nations Representative for India and Pakistan, stating that the main point of difference of preparing the state of Jammu and Kashmir for the holding of a plebiscite were as follows; the procedure for and extent of demilitarization, the degree of control over the exercise of ...
It also mentioned that the United Nations had adopted more than a dozen resolutions calling for the settlement of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute through a free and fair plebiscite. Pakistan then reminded India that its first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru , had said in a speech on 2 January 1952 that "Kashmir is not the property of either ...
Plebiscite Movement The Plebiscite Movement in Jammu and Kashmir, often referred to as the "Kashmir Plebiscite Movement," is a political movement and a historical context related to the ongoing dispute over the status of the region of J&K. It is closely tied to the unresolved issue of self-determination for the people of the region.
Pages in category "United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning the Kashmir conflict" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
21 March 1948 (): UN Security Council passed Resolution 47 which called for a three-step process for the resolution of the dispute: Pakistani withdrawal of its nationals, India to reduce its troops to minimum level, and arrangements for a plebiscite. The UN Commission, which was proposed in January, was enlarged from three to five members under ...
United Nations Security Council Resolution 47 cannot be implemented since Pakistan failed to withdraw its forces from Kashmir, which was the first step in implementing the resolution. [376] India is also of the view that Resolution 47 is obsolete, since the geography and demographics of the region have permanently altered since it adoption. [ 377 ]