Abdul Ahmed, a Kashmir resident,
comes as a guest to the UNSC and tells about his life in the region
By: Thalia Duarte
Yesterday (17), the discussion about the Siechen Glacier
was interrupted by the appearance of a guest of the UN, Abdul Ahmed. He came to
announce that the people of Kashmir, impatient with the slowness of the UN to
come to a conclusion, had made a plebiscite themselves and 98% of the
population of the area wishes to be part of Pakistan.
The Indian Delegate asked why would they ask for the
help of a group of terrorists from Pakistan. Mr. Abdul answered by saying that,
to the Kashmir, the group was an army to protect them and that India only
called them terrorists because they were fighting against India.
After he left, the committee was divided into
believing in the accuracy of the plebiscite. They asked many times if there was
no interference from the Pakistan army in it and if the people were actually
aware of what they were. The chair later announced that the UN recognized the
plebiscite as valid, much to the frustration of some nations.
India, claiming that, since their government had
nothing to do with the plebiscite, asked to make a new one to make sure the
results are not manipulated by either parties. The delegate of Malaysia argued
that 52 years before, India had also said to start a plebiscite about the issue
but never did, so it would be a waste of time to trust them with it.
The population’s desire to be Pakistani seemed to
convince most of the committee that Kashmir should belong to Pakistan, but then
the discussion moved to the unpopulated parts of the region and to who they
should belong. China claimed the regions in their possession are deserted so
they should keep it. The discussion then went back to the Siechen Glacier with
many new and old suggestions to solve the issue, none of them seeming to reach
a consensus in the committee.
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