{"id":10839,"date":"2024-01-05T15:26:18","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T09:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/?p=10839"},"modified":"2024-01-05T15:26:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T09:56:18","slug":"message-from-president-of-the-islamic-republic-of-pakistan-dr-arif-alvi-on-the-occasion-of-the-right-to-self-determination-day-on-5th-january-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pakistanhc.lk\/?p=10839","title":{"rendered":"Message from President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Dr. Arif Alvi on the occasion of the Right to Self-Determination Day on 5th January 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Every year, on the 5th of January, we renew our support for the right to self-determination of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. On this day in 1949, the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan (UNCIP) unanimously adopted a resolution affirming the right to self-determination of the Kashmiri people through a free and impartial plebiscite under the auspices of the United Nations.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The right to self-determination is a cardinal principle of international law, upheld in numerous core United Nations Treaties, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. For decades, it has been reaffirmed by the UN General Assembly in its annual resolution on self-determination. However, the last 76 years of India\u2019s occupation of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) are a sad story of repression of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">India is trying to consolidate its occupation of IIOJK. The Indian Supreme Court\u2019s judgement of 11 December 2023 on the status of this disputed territory is the latest step in this direction. India is trying to subjugate the Kashmiris through such oppressive tactics further. It continues to deny their inalienable right to self-determination and live with freedom and dignity.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Today\u2019s commemoration is aimed at reminding the international community of its responsibility towards the oppressed Kashmiri people. The United Nations must honour the commitments that it made 75 years ago and support the Kashmiri people\u2019s struggle for self-determination.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Pakistan remains determined to play its role in supporting the right to self-determination of Kashmiris through a free and impartial plebiscite as per the United Nations Security Council resolutions. Our strong and steadfast moral, political and diplomatic support for the Kashmiri people will continue till the realisation of this inalienable right.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center\">*********<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, on the 5th of January, we renew our support for the right to self-determination of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. 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