UNITED NATIONS: U THANT'S FOUR-POINT PLAN FOR A KASHMIR SETTLEMENT

Record ID: 337246

  • Title: UNITED NATIONS: U THANT'S FOUR-POINT PLAN FOR A KASHMIR SETTLEMENT
  • Date: 18th September 1965
  • Summary: U THANT STATING FOUR POINTS OF THE PLAN (SOF). TRANSCRIPT: "FIRST, THE SECURITY COUNCIL MIGHT NOW DO WHAT IT HAS DONE ONCE BEFORE AND SUCCESSFULLY IN ANOTHER DANGEROUS COMPLEX SITUATION. IT COULD ORDER THE TWO GOVERNMENTS CONCERNED, PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 40 OF THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS, TO DESIST FROM FURTHER HOSTILE MILITARY ACTION AND TO THIS END T
  • Embargoed: 3rd October 1965 13:00
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  • Location: UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK, USA
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVA2MDOAMCE17WMSJRADMH70552
  • Story Text: U THANT, THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL, YESTERDAY (FRIDAY) OUTLINED HIS PLAN TO REACH A SETTLEMENT IN THE KASHMIR CONFLICT.HE WAS REPORTING TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON HIS NINE-DAY PEACE MISSION TO PAKISTAN AND INDIA.

    (IN HIS FIRST STEP, HE SAID THAT FAILURE TO REACH A CEASEFIRE COULD MEAN THE SECURITY COUNCIL DECLARING A "BREACH OF THE PEACE".IN SUCH CASES, THE U.N.CHARTER SAYS THAT ECONOMIC AND MILITARY SANCTIONS CAN BE ENFORCED.ONLY ONCE BEFORE HAS THIS RULE BEING INVOKED - DURING THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT IN THE LATE 1940'S.
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