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Only UNSC can terminate the UN mission in Kashmir

United Nations: A spokesperson for UN chief Ban Ki-moon said the force can be terminated from the India-Pakistan border only by a decision of the 15-nation body.

Rejecting any suggestion of winding down the UN mission in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN Masood Khan said UNMOGIP continues to monitor the ceasefire in accordance with Security Council resolution and its mandate is “therefore fully valid, relevant, and operative”.

UNMOGIP observers have been located at the ceasefire line between India and Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir since 1949 and supervise the ceasefire between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.

Currently there are 39 military observers in Kashmir, 25 international civilian personnel and 48 local civilian staff.

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