OIC’s envoy reiterates her Organization’s continued support to Kashmir cause

MIRPUR, Sep 16 (DNA): OIC’s Permanent Representative to the United
Nations office at Geneva, Ambassador Naseema Baghli while reiterating
the Muslim body’s continued support to Kashmiris’ legitimate struggle
for the right to self-determination, has said that the Organization
would spare no efforts in bringing the Kashmir dispute to the limelight
at international level.

Ambassador Baghli made these assertions while talking to a Kashmiri
delegation that called on her on the sidelines of the 54th session of
the UNHRC in Geneva on Saturday, said a message released to the media
here on Saturday.

“The OIC will continue to support Kashmir cause and will use all its
efforts to create awareness on the issue”, she said, adding that the
OIC’s Permanent Human Rights Commission had been mandated to cover human
rights violations in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir
(IIOJK).

Ambassador Baghli said that voicing the OIC’s concern through media and
releasing report on the human rights situation in Kashmir was part of
the policy.

On the occasion, the Kashmiri delegation led by Altaf Hussain Wani,
briefed her about the latest political and human rights situation in the
IIOJK.

While seeking the Muslim body’s proactive role to bring an immediate end
to the continued bloodshed and state terrorism in the held territory,
the Kashmiri representatives said that it was high time for the OIC to
must take practical measures to address the precarious human rights
situation in the region.

The Kashmiri representatives hailing from both sides of the LoC also
thanked the OIC and its member countries for their consistent support to
Kashmiris’ legitimate struggle for the right to self-determination.

The others who were part of the delegation included Syed Faiz
Naqashbandi, Mrs Shamim Shwal, Sardar Amjad Yousaf , Hassan Bana and
Advocate Oarvez Shah.