Thread by @ShashiTharoor

1/4 For those, whether in Pakistan or UK,seeking implementation of UN Resolutions on #Kashmir, read what Res 457 of 1948 actually requires. It was adopted para by para sequentially, not as a whole,&it was announced at the time its obligations were to be implemented in sequence.

2/4 First, Pakistan had to secure the withdrawal of all tribesmen&Pakistani nationals,language reflecting its claim that its own troops were not involved.
Second, India would move in to POK &"progressively reduce" its forces in J&K to minimum required for maintaining law &order.

3/​4​ Third, India had to involve all major political parties in the state govt at ministerial level, arrange the return of refugees, release political prisoners&appoint a PlebisciteAdministrator nominated by the @UN, who would ensure a free &impartial plebiscite on J&K's future.

@UN 4/ It was Pakistan's refusal, not India's, to fulfil the first condition of its own withdrawal that rendered the resolution infructuous. To even seek to revive it after 72 years, four wars, exodus of Pandits & changes to demography & territorial boundaries of POK, is fatuous.

@UN Yes, that should be UN Security Council Resolution 47 of 1948, not 457. Fat typing fingers and careless proofreading. Apologies.