current affairs MCQ #12481

A diplomacy student studies Pakistan's stated position on Kashmir. In official UN General Assembly addresses, Pakistan consistently invokes which legal basis for its position?

current affairs MCQ #12481

  1. Question 1

    Q1. A diplomacy student studies Pakistan's stated position on Kashmir. In official UN General Assembly addresses, Pakistan consistently invokes which legal basis for its position?

    • A) The right of self-determination of peoples under the UN Charter and UNSC resolutions mandating a plebiscite
    • B) The 1947 partition formula which assigned Muslim-majority areas automatically to Pakistan
    • C) The Simla Agreement clause that nullified Indian sovereignty claims over the valley
    • D) The ICJ advisory opinion that declared the LOC an illegal occupation boundary

    Answer: The right of self-determination of peoples under the UN Charter and UNSC resolutions mandating a plebiscite

    Explanation: Pakistan's official position at the UN invokes the right to self-determination under the UN Charter and the UNSC resolutions of 1948–1949, particularly Resolution 47, which called for a free and impartial plebiscite under UN auspices to determine Kashmir's future.