30041951 Text of the speech made by Sir Mohammad Zafrulla Khan (Pakistan) in the Security Council meeting No. 543 held on 30 April 1951.
30041951 Text of the speech made by Sir Mohammad Zafrulla Khan (Pakistan) in the Security Council meeting No. 543 held on 30 April 1951.
I have no desire to detain the Security Council for more than a very few minutes with my remarks on this occasion.
The task of the United Nations Representative is clearly and precisely laid down in the resolution adopted by the Security Council on 30 March. It has been admirably paraphrased by the President and other representatives who have already spoken. Reference has been made to the difficulty and delicacy of that task. They are indeed great. The task is not rendered any easier, unfortunately, by the declarations and announcements which have been made by statesmen of India since the adoption of the resolution, including the illustrious Prime Minister of India, who has on various occasions in Parliament, at Srinagar, in Jammu -declared that India would not accept the resolution and anything flowing from it, and would take the consequences of the refusal to accept it. That is unfortunate. When added to it are the declarations of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah that they are determined to proceed with the convening of the constituent assembly for the purpose of deciding the future of the State, irrespective of the resolution, the difficulties are enormously increased. Nevertheless, we sincerely endorse the hope expressed that the gentleman who has been selected, and whose nomination has been approved by the Security Council to carry out those heavy responsibilities, will achieve success in this difficult and delicate task.
So far as my government is concerned, I have already submitted to the Council our full acceptance of the resolution of 30 March. We shall render to the United Nations Representative every assistance in our power to enable him to discharge fully his heavy responsibilities and to achieve success in the task that has been entrusted to him by the Security Council. Should unfortunate differences that have already been referred to with regard to the effective demilitarization of the State persist, as I have already stated, we shall then be prepared to accept the subsequent portion of the resolution which calls upon the two Governments to accept arbitration in respect of those differences.
As far as the Government of Pakistan is concerned, the representative of the United Nations Security Council might therefore proceed —we hope he will be able to proceed—as early as possible to the sub continent with the fullest assurance that the Government of Pakistan is determined to discharge to the fullest extent the responsibilities and the duties that it has undertaken in the two resolutions of the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan of 13 August 1948 and 5 January 1949, so that the way may be opened and the ground may be prepared to enable the people of Kashmir fully and freely to express their wishes on the question of accession of the State to either India or Pakistan.