On Jammu and Kashmir: The Conference called for a peaceful settlement of the J&K issue in accordance with the relevant UN Resolutions and as agreed upon in the Simla Agreement. It condemned the continuing massive violations of human rights of the Kashmiri people and called for the respect of their human rights including the rights of self-determination. It also calied upon Member States to take all necessary steps to persuade India to cease forthwith the gross and systematic human rights violations of the Kashmiri people and to enable them to exercise their inalienable right to self-determination as mandated by the relevant resolutions of the Security Council.
The Conference affirmed that any political process or elections held under foreign occupation cannot be a substitute to the exercise of the right of self-determination by people of Kashmir as is provided in the relevant Security Council Resolutions. It supported the initiative of the Government of Pakistan to engage India in a dialogue for resolving all outstanding issues including the core issue of J&K and encouraged India to reciprocate positively. It commended the efforts being made by the OIC Contact Group on J&K.
The Conference appreciated the efforts made by the Secretary General for enabling the true representatives of the Kashmiri people to have their views expressed in OIC and other international fora, and requested him to continue to take all necessary steps in this regard.
Meeting of the Contact Group on J&K at the Summit Lever: The Conference took note of the Meeting of the OIC Contact Group on J&K at the Summit level which adopted a Statement on J&K and a Memorandum presented by the true representatives of the Kashmiri people.