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Obsolete Resolutions
The UN Commission resolutions have become obsolete. This view was expressed by the UN Commission itself as far back as 1949, and has been reiterated by Dr. Jarring and Dr. Graham, both UN representatives. Passage of time, change of circumstances, and Pakistan's repeated and continuing violations, have ruled out all possibility of implementing them.
Pakistan tried to impose a military solution by launching a war against India in 1965. The pattern was familiar. Massive infiltration was followed by invasion of Indian territory on September 1, 1965. A cease-fire came about after a 22-day war with India in possession of large tracts of Pakistan's territory. An agreement was signed at Tashkent between India and Pakistan on January 10,1966 with both countries agreeing to withdraw to the international border and the cease-fire line in Jammu and Kashmir.
Pakistan imposed yet another war in 1971 invading India on December 3. It again failed in its objective despite millions of East Pakistanis being brutally exterminated by the Pakistan Army. East Pakistan became an independent country. As many as 93,000 Pakistani soldiers surrendered to the Indian Army and after 16 days of war, the Indian Army was once again in possession of Pakistani territory in the Western Sector. After the war, bilateral talks were held in June/July 1972. Under the terms of this Agreement, the two countries undertook to resolve all differences bilaterally. Pakistan, through its commitment in the Agreement agreed to shift once for all the Kashmir question from the UN to the bilateral plane.
For meaningful dialogue Pakistan was expected to create the right climate. Instead, after a few years Pakistan began its familiar game again by supporting terrorism in Punjab and Kashmir. This, to say the least, was in utter disregard of the Shimla Accord, apart from being unfriendly and provocative in the extreme.
Author:M.L.Kotru
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