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UN Security Council resolutions on Kashmir

diplomacy. Also Resolution 47, UNSC Resolution 47

Resolutions the UN Security Council adopted from 1948 on what it called the India–Pakistan question. Resolution 47 of 21 April 1948 recommended steps in sequence: withdrawal of tribesmen and Pakistani nationals who had entered to fight, reduction of Indian forces to the minimum needed for order, and a plebiscite under a UN-nominated administrator. The plebiscite was never held. Pakistan says the resolutions remain the basis for a settlement; India holds that the issue is bilateral.^1,2,3

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Sources

1. 1 Security Council resolution 47 (1948) [The India-Pakistan Question]. UNHCR Refworld (text of the resolution), 1948-04-21. Primary document
2. 2 Resolution 47 (1948), UN Digital Library record. United Nations. Primary document
3. 3 UN Resolutions on Jammu & Kashmir. Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the UN, Geneva. Official