06011948 Speeches Of The Representative Of Pakistan Mr. Ispaheni In The Security Council Meeting. No. 226th January 6, 1948

Speeches of the Representative of Pakistan Mr. Ispaheni in the Security Council Meeting. No. 226th January 6, 1948

The complaint of the Government of India was made known to me by the Secretariat of the United Nations over the telephone on the afternoon of Friday, 2 January. I received a copy of the complaint a day later. I've Since learned from my Government that it was still without knowledge of the case against it, inasmuch as the complaint was telegraphed by the Indian Government to the Government of Pakistan in a cipher which could cot be deciphered, and the Government of Pakistan has had to ask twice for the complaint to be sent again. The Government of India has now promised to send a copy to Karachi by air mail.

The Council will realize that it has not yet been possible for my Government to study the case in order to send me the necessary brief even for this initial bearing.

My Government is sending its Foreign Minister, Sir Mohammed Zafrullah Khan, to present its case before the Security Council. At the moment, therefore, I can do little more than to say a few words from which the representatives of the countries here assembled may judge for themselves the background of the complaint of the Government of India,

My Government has repeatedly urged the Government of India the necessity of peaceful settlement by negotiation of the dispute in Kashmir. I can do no better than to quote from a speech broadcast from Lahore. I submit that this meeting should be adjourned in order to give the Foreign Minister of Pakistan sufficient time to reach New York. He should be here about the 14th or 15th of this Month. If the Security Council sees its way to granting an adjournment until that date, I shall be grateful.

I can assure the members of the Council that the Foreign Minister will lose no time in arriving in New York, since he is as anxious as everyone else to have the matter placed before the Security Council as expeditiously as possible.

I do not know where the representative of India has obtained his information, I have not received such information from my Government. I have already submitted to the Security Council that my Government is equally anxious to take up this matter and other matters before the Council. As soon as Sir Zafrullah Khan is able to get away from Karachi, he will do so. If he is able to arrive here earlier than Wednesday, 14 January, I shall, if the Security Council directs me, inform the Secretariat; the Security Council can then, if it desires, change the time of the meeting. I do not wish to suggest a date now, only to find that my Foreign Minister has not been able to arrive here on time. I am keeping a day or two margin in hand, taking into consideration the bad flying conditions in Europe and across the Atlantic. I assure the Council that I desire to be as helpful as I can.