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Eleventh International Kashmir Peace Conference

Kashmir American Council And The Association of Humanitarian Lawyers Proudly Presents

Eleventh International Kashmir Peace Conference

“India-Pakistan Relations: Breaking the Deadlock over Kashmir”

Thursday, July 29th, 2010, from 8.45am – 6.00pm, at the Cannon Caucus Rm # 345 and

Friday, July 30th, 2010, from 9:00am – 5:30pm, at the Rayburn, Gold Room # 2168

The Eleventh International Kashmir Peace Conference will be held on Thursday, July 29th & Friday, 30th, 2010 on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. The primary objective of this conference is to explore various possibilities to set a stage for the settlement of the Kashmir dispute. Speakers will represent Kashmir on both sides of the cease-fire Line; from India, Pakistan and include eminent personalities with an interest in this explosive global concern.

The international community upholds the principled position that the future status of Kashmir be ascertained in accordance with the wishes and the aspirations of the Kashmiri people. When the Kashmir dispute was brought before the Security Council in 1948, a commitment to this was evident and remains valid. The rights of self-determination are clearly articulated in the United Nations and no one has the right to coerce or diminish the identity of another.

The urgent goal of resolving the Kashmir dispute cannot be left to the two governments to achieve. Bilateral talks have proven barren for more than 61 years; they have lacked a sense of urgency. It requires the engagement of a multilateral effort with the participation of the Kashmiris themselves.

A durable peace, with the development of harmonious relations for the entire region, will serve the vital interests of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir and India as well as the international community. With good faith by all concerned parties should work together towards a final settlement of the Kashmir dispute. Nuclear proliferation and rising levels of violence only exacerbate the urgency of the matter.

List of Confirmed Speakers

FROM THE UNITED STATES:

Professor Stanley Wolpert University of California, Los Angeles
Dr. Karen Parker UN Delegate, Intl. Edu. Development
Dr. Rodney Jones President, Policy Architecture Intl.
Dr. Haley Duschinshi Dept. Of Anthropology, Ohio University
Professor Richard Shapiro California Institute of Integral Studies
Dr. Bruce Hoffman State of Ohio
Professor Joseph E. Schwartzberg Distinguished Intl. Emeritus Professor

ENGLAND:

Ms. Victoria Schofield Writer & Author, England

FROM INDIA:

Amb. Kuldip Nayar Former Indian High Commissioner to the U.K.
Justice Rajinder Sachar Former, Chief Justice, Delhi High court
Ms. Rita Manchanda South Asia Forum for Human Rights, Nepal
Prof. Angana Chatterji Scholar-activist, San Francisco

FROM PAKISTAN:

Senator Mushahid Hussain Secretary General, PML - Q
Mr. Mohammad Afzal Sindhu State Minister of Law & Justice, Islamabad
Dr. Maleeha Lodhi Former Pakistani Ambassador to the US
Ambassador Munir Akram, Former Pakistani Ambassador to the UN
Amb. Hussain Haqqani Pakistani Ambassador to the United States
Dr. Attiya Inaytullah Member, Pakistan National Assembly
Ahmed Bilal Soofi, Esq President, Research Society of Intl Law
Amb. Mohammad Aslam Khan DCM

FROM KASHMIR:

Mr. Raja Farooq Haider Prime Minister, Azad Kashmir
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Chairman, All Parties Hurriyet Conference
Mr. Mohammad yasin Malik Chariman, Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front
Mr. Ved Bhasin Editor-in-Chief, Kashmir Times, Jammu.
Amb. Yusuf Buch Former Senior Advisor to the UN Secretary General
Pandit Jatinder Bakhshi J&K Forum for Peace & Reconciliation
Dr. Farhan Chak Dept. Of Intl Relations, Qatar University, Doha
Mr. Zahid G. Mohammad Author & Writer

FROM EXPATRIATS:

Sareer Fazili, Esq. Board Member, Kashmiri American Council
Prof. Nazir A Shawl Executive Director, Kashmir Center, London
Mr. Muzzammil Thakur London, England
Ejaz Sabir, Esq Attorney-at-Law
Prof. Faizanul Haq University of New York, Buffalo
Professor Maqsood Jafri Author & Writer
Prof. (Dr.) Imtiaz Khan George Washington university
Barrister Majid Tramboo Executive Director, Kashmir Center, Brussels
Mumtaz Wani, Esq. Attorney-at-Law
Prof. (Mrs.) Shamim Shawl Scholar-activist
Prof. Wasiullah Khan Chancellor, East West University, Chicago
Mr. Raja Muzzafar Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front
Dr. Nisar Choudhary Pakistani American Congress
Mr. Javaid Rathore Peoples Party of Pakistan Azad Kashmir
Mr. Shaheen Khalid Bhat Chairman, Kashmir Mission, New York
Prof. Hafeez Malik Prof. of Political Science, Villanova University
Senator Akbar Khawaja Herndon, Virginai
Mr. Ali S. Khan Executive Director, Kashmiri Scandinavian Council
Mr. Mohammad Afzal Bhat President, Islamabad Press Club
Dr. Mohammad Hafeez Javaid South Bend, Indiana
Ms. Atiqa Akbar Khan Principal, New Jersey
Mr. M Khawaja Ashraf Pakistani American Congress, California
Mr. Zareef Khan JK Muslim Conference
Mr. Ehtisham Kayani Kashmiri Youth
Sardar Niaz Hussain President, Jammu Kashmir Peoples Party, USA
Sardar Ishaq Sharief Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front
Mr. Zubair Khan Jammu Kashmir Muslim Conference
Hafiz Mohammad Sabir Leader, Kashmiri American community
Mr. Tahir Iqbal Jammu Kashmir Peoples Party
Mr. Malik Nadeem Abid New York
Mr. Liaqat Kiyani Azad Kashmir Peoples Party
Sardar Sawar Khan Peoples Muslim League, Azad Kashmir

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