Like clock work the Pakistanis, come out with their clique of India baiters...
Eleventh International Kashmir Peace Conference
“India-Pakistan Relations: Breaking the Deadlock over Kashmir”
Presented by
The Kashmiri-American Council and The Association of Humanitarian Lawyers
Thursday, July 29th 2010 at the Cannon Caucus Room # 345
Friday, July 30th 2010 at the Rayburn, Gold Room # 2168
(Nearest metro is: Capitol South, Orange and Blue lines)
The conference will be held on Thursday, July 29th & Friday, 30th, 2010 on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. The primary objective of this conference is to explore various possibilities to set a stage for the settlement of the Kashmir dispute. Speakers will represent both sides of the Cease-fire Line; from India, Pakistan and Kashmir.
The international community upholds the position of principle that the future status of Kashmir must be ascertained in accordance with the wishes and the aspirations of the people. It was also upheld equally by both India and Pakistan when the Kashmir dispute was brought before the Security Council in 1948. Although this may be regarded as history there is no reason why, when the human, political and legal realities of the dispute have only not changed but have become more accentuated with the passage of time, it should now be regarded as irrelevant.
The urgent goal of resolving the Kashmir dispute cannot be left to the two governments to achieve. Bilateral talks have proven barren for more than 61 years; they have lacked a sense of urgency. It requires the engagement of a multilateral effort with the participation of the Kashmiris themselves.
The durable peace and development of harmonious relations and friendly cooperation will serve the vital interests of the peoples of the two countries of India and Pakistan, enabling them to devote their energies for a better future. With good faith by all parties concerned common, the governments of India & Pakistan and the people of Kashmir, ground leading to a final settlement of the Kashmir tragedy can be discovered. If it can happen in East Timor, South Africa, and Serbia, then it can happen in Kashmir, which is even more urgent because of nuclear and missile proliferation in the region.
From India the organizers have invited:
Ambassador Kuldip Nayar, Justice Rajendar Sachar, Ms. Rita Manchanda, Ms. Harinder Baweja
From Pakistan the following have been are invited:
Mr. Mohammad Afzal Sindhu, Mr. Ahsan Iqbal, Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi, Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed, Dr. Attia Inaytullah, Mr. Ahmer Bilal Soofi, Esq. Ambassador Munir Akram
From Kashmir, the list includes:
Prime Minister AJK, Mr. Raja Farooq Haider, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Mr. Mohammad Yasin Malik, Mr. Ved Bhasin, Pandit Jatinder Bakhshi, Professor Hameeda Bano, Mr. Basharat peer, Ambassador Yusuf Buch, Dr. Farhan Chak, Mr. Zahid G. Mohammad, and Mr. M. Attiqyrer Rehman.
From expatriate activists:
Professor Nazir A. Shawl, Barrister Majid Tramboo, Mr. Sareer Fazili, Esq, Mr. Ali S. Khan, Dr. Mohammad A. Dar; Prof. Maqsood Jafri, Mr. Altaf Qadri, Mr. Ejaz Sabir, Mr. Muzzammil Thakur, Dr. Imtiaz Khan and Mr. Mumtaz Wani, Esq, Prof. Faizaul Haq, Mr. Shaheen Khalid Bhat, Mr. Javaid Rathore, Sardar Amjad Yousuf, Prof. (Mrs.) Shamim Shawl, Mr. Raja Muzzafar, Prof. Wasiuulah Khan, Dr. Nisar Chowdhary, M. Khawaja Ashraf.
Others on the invitation list are:
Professor Stanley Wolpert, Professor Joseph Schwartzberg, Ms. Victoria Schofield, Professor Stephen Cohen, Professor Richard Shapiro, Dr. Haley Duschinski, Dr. Rodney Jones, Dr. Karen Parker, Professor Angana Chatterji, Mr. Bruce Hoffman.
Pakistani Ambassador Hussain Haqqani and Indian Ambassador Meera Shankar are invited.
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Admission to the Conference is free but registration is required*
Eleventh International Kashmir Peace Conference
Thursday, July 29th at Cannon Caucus Room # 345, Registration starts at 8.00 &
Friday, July 30th 2010 at Rayburn, Gold Room # 2168, Registration starts at 9.00
