10021948 Text of the Speech made by Mr. Noel Baker (UK) in the Security Council Meeting No. 243 held on 10 February 1948
10021948 Text of the Speech made by Mr. Noel Baker (UK) in the Security Council Meeting No. 243 held on 10 February 1948
I have come to the conclusion that, while of course the statement of the President is not more than an outline, nevertheless, it is a faithful translation into broad principles of the way in which the Security Council thinks—that we ought to proceed towards a settlement of the difficult, dangerous and immensely important question of Kashmir. When I say that it is only an outline, perhaps I may illustrate what I mean by reference to sub-paragraph (a) following Alternative B of the document submitted by the President, which states: "Acts of violence and hostility must end."
Therefore, I hope that the President and the Rapporteur may be able to do that in the intervening time. I think it would be of general advantage if they could. I say that with more-confidence because my Government adheres very strongly to-the view that much the best chance of getting a real settlement of this matter—and by that I do not mean a temporary stoppage of hostilities; I mean taking this out of the politics of the subcontinent so that India and Pakistan are never again ft in difference about the problem of Kashmir, but that on the contrary,, full confidence and co-operation are established between them —is, as I have said before, that we should make a plan here in the Security Council itself and make it the primary duty of the Commission, which I hope will be established very soon, to-apply that decision when it gets out to the sub-continent.