Balochistans Member resolution condemn the unwarranted military operation against peaceful and secular Baloch people which has resulted in mass displacement, killings, disappearances, mass imprisonment and human rights violations in Balochistan;

Below is a Member Resolution as presented and adopted before the IX UNPO General Assembly held during 16-17 May 2008 in Brussels, Belgium:

IX UNPO General Assembly

16 - 17 May 2008, Brussels Belgium

Member Resolution

introduced by:

Balochistan

We the Peoples of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization General Assembly,

Condemn the unwarranted military operation against peaceful and secular Baloch people which has resulted in mass displacement, killings, disappearances, mass imprisonment and human rights violations in Balochistan; 

Call upon the European Union’s and United States Congress Human Rights Committees to immediately inquire into the gross human rights violations and misuse of foreign weapons and military aids in Pakistan against Baloch people; 

Call for the United Nations to probe the killings of monumental Baloch leaders including Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti and Nawabzada; 

Call for the halt of further military and economic aid to the country until the settlement of the political crisis in Balochistan through the United Nation and European Union mediators; 

Request that UN and EU declare Balochistan as a Nuclear and Missile free Zone and stop Pakistan and Iran from using Baloch soil as nuclear and missile developing and testing sites, thus stopping the intimidation of ethnic Baloch people from immense militarization of the region; 

Request the UN and EU to take firm steps and put pressure on the Government of Pakistan to stop the practice of enforced disappearances, releasing all victims and offering compensation;

Call for the immediate release of the Balochistan National Party president Sardar Akhtar Mengal and hundreds of other political prisoners; 

Urge the UN to take urgent action to resettle the hundreds of thousands of internally displaced people of the Balochistan districts of Dera Bugti and Kolu, with the assistance of international donor agencies; 

Request a thorough investigation into the misuse of U.S and European military aid provided to Pakistan in order to control and tackle Taliban and Al-Qaeda elements, currently being indiscriminately misused against the innocent Baloch population to pave the way for continued exploitation of Balochistan's resources.

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