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Security Council Resolution 47 (1948) [on Restoration of Peace and Order and the Plebiscite in the State of Jammu and Kashmir]

S/RES/47(1948)View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the Security Council, published in 1948.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

iExtracted automatically from each entity’s budget submission.

What subjects does this mandate have?

11 topics
CeasefiresIndiaIndia-Pakistan QuestionJammu and KashmirNegotiationPakistanPeacekeeping OperationsPlebiscitesPolitical PrisonersTroop WithdrawalTruce Supervision

What does this mandate say?

54 operative paragraphs

D.The Commission shall perform the functions described in clause C : (1) in regard to the situation in the Jammu and Kashmir State set out in the letter of the representative of India addressed to the President of the Security Council, dated 1 January 1948,4 and in the letter from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan addressed to the Secretary-General, dated 15 January 1948 ; 5 and (2) in regard to other situations set out in the letter from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan addressed to the Secretary-General, dated 15 January 1948, when the Security Council so directs.

E.The Commission shall take its decision by majority vote. It shall determine its own procedure. It may allocate among its members, alternate members, their assistants, and its personnel such duties as may have to be fulfilled for the realization of its mission and the reaching of its conclusions.

F.The Commission, its members, alternate members, their assistants, and its personnel shall be entitled to journey, separately or together, wherever the necessities of their tasks may require, and, in particular, within those territories which are the theatre of the events of which the Security Council is seized.

G.The Secretary-General shall furnish the Commission with such personnel and assistance as it may consider necessary.

D.La Commission remplira les fonctions décrites au paragraphe C : 1) en ce qui concerne la situation dans l’Etat de Jammu et Cachemire, exposée dans la lettre du 1er janvier 1948, adressée au Président du Conseil de sécurité par le représentant de l’Inde4, et dans la lettre du 15 janvier 1948, adressée au Secrétaire général par le Ministre des affaires étrangères du Pakistan5 ; et 2) en ce qui concerne les autres situations exposées dans la lettre du 15 janvier 1948, adressée au Secrétaire général par le Ministre des affaires étrangères du Pakistan, quand le Conseil de sécurité lui donnera pour instructions de le faire.

E.La Commission se prononcera à la majorité des voix. Elle fixera sa procédure. Elle pourra diviser parmi ses membres, titulaires ou suppléants, leurs assistants ou son personnel, les tâches auxquelles elle aura à pourvoir pour réaliser sa mission et parvenir à ses conclusions.

F.La Commission, ses membres, titulaires ou suppléants, leurs assistants et son personnel pourront se rendre, soit ensemble, soit séparément, là où les besoins de leur mission les conduiront, notamment dans les territoires, qui sont le théâtre des événements dont le Conseil de sécurité se trouve saisi.

G.Le Secrétaire général fournira à la Commission le personnel et l’assistance qu’elle estimera nécessaires.

A.Restoration of peace and order

1
The Government of Pakistan should undertake to use its best endeavours:
a
To secure the withdrawal from the State of Jammu and Kashmir of tribesmen and Pakistani nationals not normally resident therein who have entered the State for the purpose of fighting, and to prevent any intrusion into the State of such elements and any furnishing of material aid to those fighting in the State;
b
To make known to all concerned that the measures indicated in this and the following paragraphs provide full freedom to all subjects of the State, regardless of creed, caste, or party, to express their

A.Rétablissement de la paix et de l’ordre public

1
Le Gouvernement du Pakistan devrait prendre l’engagement de faire tous ses efforts :
2
The Government of India should :
a
When it is established to the satisfaction of the Commission set up in accordance with the Council’s resolution 39 (1948) that the tribesmen are withdrawing and that arrangements for the cessation of the fighting have become effective, put into operation in consultation with the Commission a plan for withdrawing their own forces from Jammu and Kashmir and reducing them progressively to the minimum strength required for the support of the civil power in the maintenance of law and order ;
b
Make known that the withdrawal is taking place in stages and announce the completion of each stage ;
c
When the Indian forces have been reduced to the minimum strength mentioned in (a) above, arrange in consultation with the Commission for the stationing of the remaining forces to be carried out in accordance with the following principles :
i
That the presence of troops should not afford any intimidation or appearance of intimidation to the inhabitants of the State ;
ii
That as small a number as possible should be retained in forward areas ;
iii
That any reserve of troops which may be included in the total strength should be located within their present base area.
3
The Government of India should agree that until such time as the Plebiscite Administration referred to below finds it necessary to exercise the powers of direction and supervision over the State forces and police provided for in paragraph 8, they will be held in areas to be agreed upon with the Plebiscite Administrator.
4
After the plan referred to in paragraph 2 (a) above has been put into operation, personnel recruited locally in each district should so far as possible be utilized for the re-establishment and maintenance of law and order with due regard to protection of minorities, subject to such additional requirements as may be specified by the Plebiscite Administration referred to in paragraph 7.
5
If these local forces should be found to be inadequate, the Commission, subject to the agreement of both the Government of India and the Government of Pakistan, should arrange for the use of such forces of either Dominion as it deems effective for the purpose of pacification.
2
Le Gouvernement de l’Inde devrait :
3
Le Gouvernement de l’Inde devrait accepter que, jusqu’au moment où l’administration chargée du plébiscite, mentionnée ci-dessous, estimera nécessaire d’exercer les pouvoirs de direction et de contrôle sur les forces et la police de l’Etat ainsi qu’il est prévu au paragraphe 8, ces forces soient cantonnées dans des zones déterminées après accord avec l’administrateur du plébiscite.
4
Lorsque le plan visé au paragraphe 2, alinéa a, ci-dessus sera en voie d’exécution, le personnel recruté localement dans chaque district devrait, autant que possible, être employé au rétablissement et au maintien de l’ordre public, compte dûment tenu de la protection des minorités, sous réserve des prescriptions supplémentaires qui pourraient être stipulées par l’administration chargée du plébiscite, mentionnée au paragraphe 7.
5
Dans le cas où ces forces locales seraient jugées insuffisantes, la Commission, sous réserve de l’accord du Gouvernement de l’Inde aussi bien que du Gouvernement du Pakistan, devrait prendre des dispositions pour l’utilisation des forces de chacun des deux Dominions de la façon qu’elle jugerait la plus propre à assurer le rétablissement de la paix et de l’ordre public.

B.Plebiscite

6
The Government of India should undertake to ensure that the Government of the State invite the major political groups to designate responsible representatives to share equitably and fully in the conduct of the administration at the ministerial level while the plebiscite is being prepared and carried out.
7
The Government of India should undertake that there will be established in Jammu and Kashmir a Plebiscite Administration to hold a plebiscite as soon as possible on the question of the accession of the State to India or Pakistan.
8
The Government of India should undertake that there will be delegated by the State to the Plebiscite Administration such powers as the latter considers necessary for holding a fair and impartial plebiscite including, for that purpose only, the direction and supervision of the State forces and police.
9
The Government of India should, at the request of the Plebiscite Administration, make available from the Indian forces such assistance as the Plebiscite Administration may require for the performance of its functions.
10
(a) The Government of India should agree that a nominee of the Secretary-General of the United Nations will be appointed to be the Plebiscite Administrator.
b
The Plebiscite Administrator, acting as an officer of the State of Jammu and Kashmir, should have authority to nominate his assistants and other subordinates and to draft regulations governing the plebiscite. Such nominees should be formally appointed and such draft regulations should be formally promulgated by the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
c
The Government of India should undertake that the Government of Jammu and Kashmir will appoint fully qualified persons nominated by the Plebiscite Administrator to act as special magistrates within the State judicial system to hear cases which in the opinion of the Plebiscite Administrator have a serious bearing on the preparation for and the conduct of a free and impartial plebiscite.
d
The terms of service of the Administrator should form the subject of a separate negotiation between the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Government of India. The Administrator should fix the terms of service for his assistants and subordinates.
e
The Administrator should have the right to communicate directly with the Government of the State and with the Commission of the Security Council and, through the Commission, with the Security Council, with the Governments of India and Pakistan and with their representatives with the Commission. It would be his duty to bring to the notice of any or

B.Plébiscite

6
Le Gouvernement de l’Inde devrait s’engager à faire en sorte que le Gouvernement de l’Etat invite les principaux groupes politiques à désigner des représentants responsables pour prendre part, d’une manière équitable et complète, à la direction des affaires administratives à l’échelon ministériel pendant la préparation et la conduite du plébiscite.
7
Le Gouvernement de l’Inde devrait s’engager à établir le plus tôt possible, dans l’Etat de Jammu et Cachemire, une administration chargée du plébiscite sur la question du rattachement de l’Etat à l’Inde ou au Pakistan.
8
Le Gouvernement de l’Inde devrait s’engager à faire déléguer par l’Etat à l’administration chargée du plébiscite tous les pouvoirs que cette dernière jugerait nécessaires pour tenir un plébiscite loyal et impartial, notamment, et exclusivement à cette fin, la direction et le contrôle des forces armées et de la police de l’Etat.
9
Le Gouvernement de l’Inde devrait mettre à la disposition de l’administration chargée du plébiscite, sur la demande de cette dernière, l’assistance des forces armées indiennes dont l’administration chargée du plébiscite pourrait avoir besoin pour remplir ses fonctions.
10
a) Le Gouvernement de l’Inde devrait accepter de nommer une personne présentée par le Secrétaire général de l’Organisation des Nations Unies au poste d’administrateur du plébiscite.
11
The Government of India should undertake to prevent, and to give full support to the Administrator and his staff in preventing, any threat, coercion or intimidation, bribery or other undue influence on the voters in the plebiscite, and the Government of India should publicly announce and should cause the Government of the State to announce this undertaking as an international obligation binding on all public authorities and officials in Jammu and Kashmir.
12
The Government of India should themselves and through the Government of the State declare and make known that all subjects of the State of Jammu and Kashmir, regardless of creed, caste or party, will be safe and free in expressing their views and in voting on the question of the accession of the State and that there will be freedom of the press, speech and assembly and freedom of travel in the State, including freedom of lawful entry and exit.
13
The Government of India should use and should ensure that the Government of the State also use their best endeavours to effect the withdrawal from the State of all Indian nationals other than those who are normally resident therein or who on or since 15 August 1947 have entered it for a lawful purpose.
14
The Government of India should ensure that the Government of the State releases all political prisoners and take all possible steps so that :
a
All citizens of the State who have left it on account of disturbances are invited, and are free, to return to their homes and to exercise their rights as such citizens ;
b
There is no victimization ;
c
Minorities in all parts of the State are accorded adequate protection.
15
The Commission of the Security Council should at the end of the plebiscite certify to the Council whether the plebiscite has or has not been really free and impartial.

C.General provisions

16
The Governments of India and Pakistan should each be invited to nominate a representative to be attached to the Commission for such assistance as it may require in the performance of its task.
17
The Commission should establish in Jammu and Kashmir such observers as it may require of any of the proceedings in pursuance of the measures indicated in the foregoing paragraphs.
11
Le Gouvernement de l’Inde devrait s’engager à prendre les mesures et à aider sans réserves l’administrateur et son personnel à prendre les mesures nécessaires pour empêcher toute menace, contrainte ou intimidation, corruption ou autre influence illégitime dont pourraient être victimes les électeurs prenant part au plébiscite ; et le Gouvernement de l’Inde devrait publier officiellement, et faire publier par le Gouvernement de l’Etat, cet engagement comme une obligation internationale liant toutes les autorités publiques et tous les fonctionnaires de l’Etat de Jammu et Cachemire.
12
Le Gouvernement de l’Inde, directement ou par l’intermédiaire du Gouvernement de l’Etat, devrait annoncer et faire savoir à tous les sujets de l’Etat de Jammu et Cachemire qu’ils jouiront, sans considération de croyance, de caste ou de parti, de toute sécurité et de toute liberté lorsqu’ils exprimeront leur opinion et qu’ils voteront sur la question du rattachement de l’Etat, et qu’il y aura liberté de la presse, liberté de parole et de réunion et liberté de circulation dans l’Etat, y compris la liberté d’entrer et de sortir légalement du territoire.
13
Le Gouvernement de l’Inde devrait s’efforcer, et faire en sorte que le Gouvernement de l’Etat s’efforce également, de faire sortir de l’Etat tous les ressortissants indiens à l’exception de ceux qui y ont leur résidence normale ou qui, depuis le 15 août 1947, y ont pénétré à des fins légales.
14
Le Gouvernement de l’Inde devrait faire en sorte que le Gouvernement de l’Etat relâche tous les prisonniers politiques et prenne toutes mesures possibles pour garantir :
15
A la fin du plébiscite, la Commission du Conseil de sécurité devrait faire savoir au Conseil si le plébiscite a ou n’a pas été réellement libre et impartial.

C.Dispositions générales

16
Les Gouvernements de l’Inde et du Pakistan devraient être invités à désigner, chacun, un représentant à la Commission pour lui fournir toute l’assistance dont celle-ci aurait besoin dans l’accomplissement de sa tâche.
17
La Commission devrait installer dans l’Etat de Jammu et Cachemire les observateurs dont elle pourrait avoir besoin pour observer l’une quelconque des phases du plébiscite, conformément aux mesures indiquées aux paragraphes précédents.
18
The Security Council Commission should carry out the tasks assigned to it herein.
18
Il devrait incomber à la Commission du Conseil de sécurité de s’acquitter des tâches qui lui sont assignées par les présentes.
1
Reaffirms its resolutions 38 (1948) of 17 January, 39 (1948) of 20 January and 47 (1948) of 21 April 1948 ;
2
Directs the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan to proceed without delay to the areas of dispute with a view to accomplishing in priority the duties assigned to it by resolution 47 (1948) ;
3
Directs the Commission further to study and report to the Security Council when it considers it appropriate on the matters raised in the letter of the Foreign Minister of Pakistan, dated 15 January 1948,⁷

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