Oppurtunity Knocks Obama Administration in South Asia

Dr. Fai

Washington, DC, June 18th, 2009. Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, Executive Director, Kashmiri American Council/Kashmir Center, quoting US Under-secretary of State, William Burns, said that '"The US favours resumption of dialogue between India and Pakistan and wants the Kashmir problem to be solved keeping in view the aspirations of the Kashmiri people". To that, Dr. Fai added that the issue of Jammu and Kashmir was first brought to the United Nations in 1948, and after the passing of Security Council Resolution 47, remains one of the longest-standing disputes in the UN system. In that official document which was co-sponsored by the United States, it categorically states that the final status of Kashmir will be decided in 'accordance with the wishes and will of the people.' However, today, the fabled Himalayan paradise lays in ruins, with the spirit of the proud and jovial Kashmiri people desolated and their livelihood in tatters. With tens of thousands deaths, horrific discovery of 4600 mass graves and the new gruesome and grotesque rape and murder of two innocent Kashmiri girls, finding a just and lasting peace, away from the shadow of guns, is growing increasingly elusive.

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