Balochistan international conference demands international
intervention in Balochistan.
WASHINGTON DC--April 30, 2011-- The First Balochistan International conference, organized by Baloch Society of North America at Carnegie Endowment for Int'l Peace in Washington DC, asked UN, USA and the International community to immediately intervene in Balochistan to save the lives of Baloch people in occupied Balochistan, who are in great danger under the Pakistani and Iranian illegal occupation.
The conference was attended by may Baloch leaders, international law experts, eminent scholars and analysts from all over the world. Opening the conference, Dr. Wahid Baloch, the president of Baloch Society of North America, condemned the Pakistani and Iranian illegal non-ending occupation of Balochistan and asked International community to immediately intervene in Balochistan as Baloch lives are in grave danger from the occupying forces. "We are having this conference in a time when Baloch people are collecting the bullet riddled tortured dead bodies of their love ones every day " , Dr. Baloch said.
"We see the UN, USA, and EU all are rushing to help and save the lives of Libyan citizen from being slaughtered by Dictator Gaddafi and his forces, but same thing is happening in Occupied Balochistan for the last 63 years and no one is doing anything about it. Is Baloch blood cheaper than Libyan citizens?" he asked.
"Baloch are going through the same gunship helicopter attacks, arrests, kidnappings, tortures and extrajudicial killings by Pakistan and Iran, but the UN and world community have closed their eyes over Pakistani and Iranian's crimes and human right violations in Balochistan. All we are asking from UN, Obama administration and the world community to fulfill their obligations towards Balochoistan". he said.
"Silence over Pakistani and Iranian crimes and human right violations in Balochiostan is equal to complicity. International intervention is long overdue in Balochistan and it must be carried out with any further delay. It is time that the International community ask Pakistan and Iran to stop the killing the Secular Balochs in their own homeland Balochistan". Dr Baloch Said.
The conference Chief Guest, His Highness Khan of Kalat, could not come to the conference because of his Visa problem. He spoke to the conference participants via Skype. In his inspiring speech, he condemned the Pakistani state's mistreatment and abuse of Baloch people in Balochistan.
"Today I am going to share with you the pains of the mothers who's children are missing. I am also sharing the pains and suffering of 10000 missing young men who are suffering in the illegal unknown Pakistani detention centres, the pains of mothers, fathers’, sisters daughters and wives who do not know if their loved ones are dead or alive", Khan Kalat said.
"Balochistan is an occupied territory and it must be treated as such by the international community. In the 1948 Balochistan was annexed to Pakistan against the will of its people. Pakistan is an occupying force, I therefore call upon USA, European Union and UN to recognise Pakistan as an occupying force", he said.
He said that the American and European weapons are being used against unarmed Baloch and the exploitation of Baloch resources by Pakistan with the help of the international companies are increasing. "This must stop immediately", he asked.
About how an independent Balochistan would look like, Khan Kalat said," Balochistan's vision is that it will be a democracy and one man one vote . No body will be superior or inferior. All will be equal". He said, "the one who is on the mountain or the one who is agitating on the streets, whether he is doing or asking for his rights will be accounted".
"All of them who are living on this land from Arand and Dajal ( southern punjab), or from the desert and plains in southern Afghanistan to the sea , from Kirman to Bander Abass and from northern Sindh we all are Baloch . Our thinking and heart should be as big as this vast land of ours. There should be no "I" or "me" but "we all Baloch", to fight our enemy who is very powerful. There is a saying in Balochi,"Hoshter Boboo door Bechaar, Her Maboo Paadey dema Machaar", (which mean, be a camel and see far ahead, don't be a donkey and see your hoves). In the interest of Balochistan we all should unite and we will prevail", he concluded. .
" Allowing Balochistan to remain occupied by Pakistan and Iran carries inherent danger to world peace because the areas inhabited by the Baloch are rich in resources which allow these states to strengthen their militarize and threaten world peace", he said.
At the end of the conference, Dr. Wahid Baloch read the conference resolution collectively called as ,"THE WASHINGTON DECLARATION OF 2011"
The following are the resolutions read at the Balochistan International Conference in Washington DC, organized by Baloch Society of North America at Carnegie Center for International Peace, on April 30, 2011.
April 30, 2011
We the participants of the Balochistan International Conference 2011 organized by Baloch society of North America on April 30, 2011, in Washington Dc, unanimously declare the following resolutions collectively called as “The Washington DC Declaration OF 2011.”
1. This Conference CONSIDER Balochistan as an illegally occupied land and strongly condemn the Pakistani and Iranian ongoing illegal occupation of Balochistan, the genocide of Baloch people and exploitation of Baloch resources, and ask the UN and International community to immediately intervene to END the Pakistani and Iranian illegal, immoral and unjust occupation of Balochistan.
2. This Conference ask all the Baloch leaders, students and Baloch nationalist political parties and activists, both inside the occupied Balochistan and Outside, to shun all their differences for the greater interest of Balochistan.
3. This Conference condemn Pakistan using "war on terror" as a "cash in business" and black mailing tool, and ask US and other countries to stop giving more aid to Pakistan for this war as Pakistan is not and never been a truthful and trusted ally in the war on terror against its own created ideological friends, Taliban and Al-Qaida Terrorists. The conference strongly condemns the bloodshed of innocent Pashtun people in the name of war on terror.
4. This Conference strongly condemns Pakistan and Iran for killing, torture, murder, arrests and disappearances of Baloch political leaders, activist and student and asks the international community to take notice of Pakistan and Iranians gross human right violations in Pakistani and Iranian occupied Balochistan.
5. This Conference strongly condemns the Pakistani and Iranian state terrorism against Baloch people in Occupied Balochistan and asks the UN and US to help stop Pakistan and Iran from committing more war crimes in Balochistan.
6. This Conference strongly condemns the Pakistani interference and terrorism in Indian Kashmir and Afghanistan, and sending suicide bombers in Afghanistan and India to kill innocent people, Afghan and NATO troops and demand UN to ensure all terrorists producing madrassas and ISI training terror camp in Pakistan are closed.
7. This Conference strongly condemns the Mumbai terrorist attacks and demands the arrest Mumbai terror Mastermind Hafiz Saeed and his gang members and to bring them to justice.
8. This Conference demand the arrest of 9/11 attack terrorists Bin laden, Aymen alzwahiri and Mullah Omar who still hiding in Pakistani sanctuaries provided to them by Pakistani military and its ISI. This meeting demand their arrest and extradition to USA for trial and punishment for their murderous acts against humanity. This Conference considers Pakistan a terrorist state and asks the UN and the Int’l Community to declare her as such.
9. This Conference strongly condemns the arrest and kidnapping of Baloch Diaspora Political leader and human right activist Ehsan Aarjumandi, a Norwegian citizen, who was kidnapped by Pakistani ISI on August 7, 2009 in Pakistani occupied Balochistan. This Conference calls the UN, Human right organizations, US and Norwegian Govt to ensure his safety, security and immediate safe release. (A copy of this resolution is being sent to UN, US State Department and the Norwegian embassy in Washington Dc).
10. This Conference strongly condemns the ongoing daily, intimidation, harassment, killings, attack and burning of Hindus, Christian, Sikh and other minorities in Pakistan by Pakistani Panjabi Taliban and Islamic fanatics and extremist and asks world community to take notice of these inhuman acts and ensure the safety and security of all minorities in Pakistan. This Conference condemns the government of Pakistan for failing to provide security and safety to the lives, places of worship and properties of the Pakistani religious minorities.
11. This Conference demand the US Government and world community to call Pakistan a terrorist state and suspend all military and economic aid until Pakistan comply with UN and International laws, respect, honor and safe guard human rights and stop its terror campaign against the Baloch, Sindhi, Pashtun people and all religious minorities, including Hindu, Sikh and Christian in Pakistan and scrap off its nuclear weapons and hand over world most wanted terrorists Bin laden, Aymen Alzwahiri, Mullah Omar, Hafiz Saeed and Dawood Ibrahim and Nuclear Terrorist A.Q. khan. There are confirmed report that all these terrorists are hiding in Pakistan with full knowledge and support of Pakistani military and ISI.
12. This Conference condemns the extra-judicial assassinations of Nawab Akbar Bugti, Balach Marri, Ghulam Mohd, Lala Munir and Sher Mohd Baloch Habib Jalib, and many other prominent Baloch leaders and political activists and asks the UN a full investigation in their killings and to bring the killer into justice. This Conference demands the immediate release of all Baloch “missing” person kidnaped by Pakistan’s ISI and its security forces.
13. This Conference calls for peaceful balkanization of Pakistan on ethnic and linguistic and cultural lines to eliminate and eradicate Islamic extremism and terrorism once for all. This Conference rejects the artificially drawn British boundaries of Durand line and Gold smith line and demands the redrawing of the map of the region based on ethnic, linguistic and cultural lines.
14. This meeting condemns the loot and plunder of Baloch resources by Pakistan, Iran and all other private companies, including Barrack Gold, who are involved in exploration of Balochistan’s rich mineral resources and ask all these companies to stop their robbing of Baloch wealth without the Baloch consent and leave Balochistan peacefully until its freedom and sovereignty is restored. Once Balochistan is free, they can resume their work with Baloch consent and cooperation.
15. This conference condemn the killings of non-Baloch Punjabis and Pashtun in Balochistan and denounce all kind of violence and terrorism in Balochistan by state agents and no-state actors.
16. This conference strongly condemns the Pakistani state's "kill and dump" policy of Baloch youths, students, political activists and journalists across the Balochistan, Including Siddiqe Eido a senior Baloch journalist and member of HRCP, and Yousuf Nazar Baloch, a student leader of Baloch student Organization, who’s bullet riddled tortured bodies were discovered yesterday near Ormara, Balochistan. Both were earlier abducted by Pakistani agencies. Their family member had set up a hunger strike camp outside Pasni Press club for the last four months demanding their release. We strongly condemn these all Baloch killing and ask the UN and world community to investigate these crimes and human right violation in the Occupied Balochistan.
Long Live Free Balochistan.
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