World Day Of Action On Kashmir

EDM number 1475 in 1993-94, proposed by Roger Godsiff on 07/07/1994.

That this House welcomes the joint initiative taken by the All Party British Parliamentary Kashmir Group, the Parliamentary Human Rights Group, the Congressional Human Rights Foundation and parliamentarians in a number of other countries in reminding the world community that the Kashmir dispute remains unresolved and that the abuse of human rights and loss of innocent lives continues; calls on all parties to the dispute to abide by international standards of human rights and humanitarian law and cease extra-judicial killings, torture and other malpractices; urges the Indian Government to restore the due process of law and recommend and support the initiatives of independent and non-governmental organizations in monitoring against human rights abuses; and calls on the governments of both India and Pakistan to recognise and respond to the call for self-determination, a right which was historically promised but has yet to be exercised by the people of Kashmir and to re-activate the role of the United Nations as a catalyst in this process which would include the full participation of the Kashmiri people. (Relevant registered interest declared).

This motion has been signed by a total of 47 MPs.