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UN urges India, Pakistan to exercise restraint as tensions mount

APP Published August 5, 2019
The United Nations on Sunday appealed to India and Pakistan to exercise “maximum” restraint amid escalating tensions between the two countries along the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed Kashmir region. — Reuters/File
The United Nations on Sunday appealed to India and Pakistan to exercise “maximum” restraint amid escalating tensions between the two countries along the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed Kashmir region. — Reuters/File
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UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations on Sunday appealed to India and Pakistan to exercise “maximum” restraint amid escalating tensions between the two countries along the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed Kashmir region.

“The UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (Unmogip) observed and reported an increase in military activity at the Line of Control in recent days,” the UN secretary general’s spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, said in a statement e-mailed in response to a question.

“The United Nations appeals to both sides to exercise maximum restraint to ensure that the situation does not further deteriorate,” the statement said.

The Unmogip was deployed in January 1949 to supervise the ceasefire between India and Pakistan in the disputed region. While Pakistan allows UN observers to monitor the LoC, India does not.

The group, based in Rawalpindi, comprises 44 military observers, supported by 25 international civilian personnel and 47 local civilian staff.

Published in Dawn, August 5th, 2019

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Cautious
Aug 05, 2019 08:03am
UN still sees it as a bilateral tension & why not directly tell india to stop oppressing Kashmiris which is causing tension in the whole region. Putting equal responsibility on both countries for what is happening is hard to understand.
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Ahmed
Aug 05, 2019 08:05am
I am sick of these useless neutral statements from UN and others. India has been the aggressor while Pakistan has shown restraint and acted only in self defense. Why don't these hypocritical world leaders and international bodies sanction indian inhumane treatment of Kashmiris? If this war starts, be sure it will be catastrophic and will not end until one of the two is eliminated permanently since apparently we cannot coexist. Are you ready for this?
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RAGHUBIR JHA
Aug 05, 2019 08:05am
Ok we will do after scrapping article 25a...Thank you so much !!!!
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Jawad Lahori
Aug 05, 2019 08:10am
These starving Indian soliders are not lasting long in IOK that’s why Indian government is pumping more soliders in IOK.
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Sohaib
Aug 05, 2019 08:12am
Good move at right time by UN. We know the powers that would benefit from an India-Pakistan conflict: the weapons suppliers of the Earth.
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Anonymouseee
Aug 05, 2019 08:17am
Indians won’t believe in anyone else but terrorist Modi and BJP along with their lies.
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LAHORI KID
Aug 05, 2019 08:29am
India will not allow the UN to monitor the LoC, they don't want the world to know the truth behind their constant violating the agreements. But they are the first to point their finger at Pakistan.
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Ali F
Aug 05, 2019 08:36am
UN must start getting away with this 2 sided notion now it keeps repeating. What has Pakistan to done or to do with that it is being advised to show restrain? Our side is already at peace neither we are beating war drums inducing thousands of personal. This shows that UN is some what useless in major matters of today.
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Rajput
Aug 05, 2019 08:40am
Can someone tell me what has UN done since it's existence?
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Zak
Aug 05, 2019 08:45am
UN must empower UNMOGIP more and let its reports be made public.
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SMI
Aug 05, 2019 08:54am
That's it !!!
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Desi dimag
Aug 05, 2019 09:05am
We expected the same answer from UNO.
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Faran
Aug 05, 2019 09:15am
Nothing new from UNSC. Such statements been issued in past. The reality is out of 18 districts of JK only 4 have unrest which are bordering Pakistan and part of valley. We Pakistanis should understand this fact rather than saying whole JK is burning.
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Sunny S
Aug 05, 2019 10:12am
Please protest to UN, china and USA.. India will end kashmir issue today..
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LAHORI KID
Aug 05, 2019 10:38am
Lets be honest here, UN has no weight to throw around, they can only make statements, they cannot make any country do anything
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SkyHawk
Aug 05, 2019 10:56am
UN forgot to mention cluster bombs used by Indian aggressors against innocent Kashmiri civilians.
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AW
Aug 05, 2019 11:22am
Dear Pakistan: don’t depend on the UN which is capable of nothing other than making appeals. Talk to the US, EU, Russia and China.
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Bilal
Aug 05, 2019 11:42am
india openly commits heinous act of state terrorism in kashmir and even used cluster bombs. Still united nation is asking both sides to refrain. it is like a person killing other person and the third person watching it and call the police. instead of stopping the criminal, police ignore the rights of victim and deal with criminal and petitioner at same level. height of hypocrisy. where are human rights organizations of the whole world?
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Saif Zulfiqar
Aug 05, 2019 11:42am
IT is the UN's fault who have not solved the Kashmir problem after 70 yeas inspite of resolutions signed by both parties.
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Saad
Aug 05, 2019 12:46pm
@Cautious, That is exactly what I was thinking since. UN Just doing their formality as they used to even after knowing the situation is a lot different in IOK.
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Ahmad
Aug 05, 2019 01:06pm
UN is becoming more of the prefix it always was. This lax attitude is what promotes injustice in the world.
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Bilal Khan
Aug 05, 2019 01:18pm
UN is useless when it comes to Kashmir and Palestine
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Kunal, Gurgaon
Aug 05, 2019 02:02pm
India is least bothered about what OIC, UN or Trump thinks. India will do what India thinks best for its own.
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Saravjeet Singh
Aug 05, 2019 02:27pm
Last day for you to protest at UN
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Gemini
Aug 05, 2019 04:15pm
why IMF the main financier did not issue any statement...!!!
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helpless
Aug 05, 2019 04:37pm
Might is Right is the law of the jungle, and BJP has proved that boundaries are not final and can be changed through force.
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Indian
Aug 05, 2019 04:42pm
Hi - Great to see
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Zak
Aug 05, 2019 04:50pm
'“The United Nations appeals to both sides to exercise maximum restraint to ensure that the situation does not further deteriorate,” the statement said.' Stop being such a toothless panzy. Your UN resolution has been violated with disregards and disrespect to you, and instead of vociferously condemning it , you keep silent. Who will respect the UN.
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Abdullah
Aug 05, 2019 05:01pm
@LAHORI KID, whether China will allow UN to xinjiang province? The same rule India is following here.
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Addy
Aug 05, 2019 05:01pm
Un is slave of India us and Israel. Kudos to India
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N Abidi
Aug 05, 2019 05:49pm
World should be made clear to understand that it is India that needs restraints ! The Indian government about to commit gennocide of kashemri people! Are they sleeping !
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prakash
Aug 05, 2019 06:17pm
no we can't ...
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Arslan Ahmad
Aug 05, 2019 06:18pm
@Ahmed, Well said brother. Our govt has put faith in wrong people.
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Aman
Aug 05, 2019 06:58pm
UN Is irrelevant does not do anything for Muslims related issues other than passing resolutions and false hopes!
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