The
resolution is a reaffirmation of the Security
Council resolution of 30 March 1951 that the
convening of a Constituent Assembly and any
action taken by it would not constitute disposition
of the State in accordance with the will of
the people of Kashmir expressed through the
democratic method of a free and impartial plebiscite
conducted under the auspices of the United Nations.
It was introduced by Australia , Colombia ,
Cuba , the United Kingdom and the U.S.A. , and
supported by 10 members of the Council, the
Soviet Union abstaining.
The
Security Council,
Having
heard statements from representatives of the
Governments of India and Pakistan concerning
the dispute over the State of Jammu and Kashmir
,
Reminding
the Governments and authorities concerned of
the principle embodied in its resolutions of
21 April 1948 (S/726), 3 June 1948 , 14 March
1950 (S/1469) and 30 March 1951 (S/2017/Rev.
1), and the United Nations Commission for India
and Pakistan resolutions of 13 August 1948 (S/1100,
para. 75) and 5 January 1949 (S/1196, para.
15), that the final disposition of that State
of Jammu and Kashmir will be made in accordance
with the will of the people expressed through
the democratic method of a free and impartial
plebiscite conducted under the auspices of the
United Nations,
1.
Reaffirms
the affirmation in its resolution of
30 March 1951 and declares that the
convening of a Constituent Assembly
as recommended by the General Council
of the ‘All Jammu and Kashmir National
Conference' and any action that Assembly
may have taken or might attempt to take
to determine the future shape and affiliation
of the entire State or any part thereof,
or action by the parties concerned in
support of any such action by the Assembly,
would not constitute a disposition of
the State in accordance with the above
principles;
2.
Decides to continue its consideration
of the dispute.
