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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (44081)	4/22/2003 6:01:04 PM
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Pakistan hub of terrorism: Indian Ambassador to US (Updated at 2250 PST) WASHINGTON: Indian ambassador to America accused Pakistan Tuesday, saying Pakistan is planning to ready around 3000 Mujahideen to infiltrate into held Kashmir said a report. US Senate body considering resolution on Kashmir WASHINGTON: The resolution on Kashmir adopted by the New Hampshire assembly has now reached the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US Senate for consideration, according to sources. The resolution was earlier adopted by the Senate and was subsequently put on the official record of the US Congress, as an important document. The New Hampshire resolution was a commendable step, as it highlighted the importance of the resolution of festering Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan and has asked the Congress to open an inquiry into the Kashmir problem. State Representatives Robert Giuda and Saghir Tahir had moved it. The resolution stressed the need for "increased diplomacy to achieve a just, peaceful, and rapid resolution of the conflict between India and Pakistan" relating to the state of Jammu and Kashmir. While voicing its utmost concern over the "documented and unspeakable" human rights abuses in held Kashmir, it urged "Cessation of atrocities against the people of held Jammu and Kashmir and as a result, to reduce the threat of nuclear war in Southwest Asia. It read as: "Whereas, the people of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir have for the past 55 years been subjected to documented and unspeakable human rights abuses, including the execution of civilians, rape and burning of women, the immolation and mutilation of children, the deliberate shelling of civilians by military artillery and the torture and murder of political detainees; and whereas, two wars between India and Pakistan, in 1965 and 1971 failed to justly resolve either the issue of self-determination or the ongoing and egregious violations of human rights; and whereas, the threat of nuclear war between India and Pakistan has reached unprecedented levels because of the volatility of the issues attendant to the accession of Kashmir; and whereas, resolution of this conflict, the cessation of atrocities, and the reduction of the threat of nuclear war is unquestionably in the best interests of the people of state of New Hampshire, the United States of America, and the world community of nations; now, therefore, be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring that the New Hampshire general court, fully mindful of the sacred obligation embodied in our state motto, 'Live Free or Die,' respectfully requests that the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives immediately initiate hearings to discern all relevant facts and circumstances attendant to the Kashmiri conflict so as to facilitate its just, peaceful, and rapid resolution; to bring a cessation of atrocities against the people of Jammu and Kashmir; and to minimise the threat of nuclear war in Southwest Asia; and "That the New Hampshire general court hereby calls upon all parties to this conflict to adhere to the principles of the United Nations Charter on Human rights forthwith and grant observers from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch free and unrestricted access to the entire State of Jammu and Kashmir to monitor the status of human rights therein; and that copies of this resolution be sent by the house clerk to the President of the United States, the Vice President of the United States, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and the New Hampshire congressional delegation."