Mirwaiz seeks UN intervention in resolving Kashmir issue

Moderate Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today sought the intervention of the United Nations in resolving Kashmir issue,saying bilateral talks between India and Pakistan have failed to settle it.

“The United Nations has a moral and legal obligation to help settle the issue of Kashmir in accordance with the wishes and will of the people. Past failures to settle the question should not deter the United Nations. Now,more than ever,the UN must renew efforts to bring about the promised settlement,” the Mirwaiz said.

He was addressing the Kashmir Contact Group of Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC),which met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.

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He said the resolution of Kashmir issue could not be left on governments of India and Pakistan as bilateral efforts of these countries in the past had failed.

The Mirwaiz said Hurriyat wanted a peaceful and lasting solution with the participation of all parties – India,Pakistan and the people of Jammu and Kashmir.