Kashmir returning to UNSC raises several legal questions

In view of China’s letter to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to discuss the Kashmir issue, experts and veteran diplomats are indicating that irrespective of the outcome, the discussion is a diplomatic landmark as the last time the most important U.N. organ discussed Kashmir was decades ago in 1971.

“Last of the Kashmir related resolutions came up in 1971 during the Bangladesh war which led to the Simla agreement. Following that, the issue was more or less kept away from international platforms,” said K. Natwar Singh, former External Affairs Minister.

UNSC Resolution 307 had taken up the Kashmir issue in the backdrop of the war of 1971 while demanding ceasefire between India and Pakistan.

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