RESOLUTION*ON* BALOCHISTAN**

THE*BALOCH*HUMAN*RIGHTS* COUNCIL**CANADA*
* AT*ITS*MEETING*IN** TORONTO*ON** MAY*12,*2013* PASSED*UNANIMOUSLY*BY** *

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WHEREAS,!on!August!11,!1947,!the!State!of!Kalat!and!the!territory!of! Balochistan!won!its!independence!from!100!years!of!British! colonial!rule;!and! WHEREAS,*on!March!27,!1948,!nine!months!after!its!independence,!Kalat! was!invaded!by!the!Islamic!Republic!of!Pakistan!whose!armed! forces!have!been!occupying!Balochistan!ever!since;!and! WHEREAS,!on!May!16,!1948,!Prince!Abdul!Karim!Khan,!the!younger!brother! of!the!Khan!of!Kalat,!along!with!the!leading!members!of! nationalist!political!partiesthe!Kalat!State!National!Party,! the!Baloch!League,!and!the!Baloch!National!Workers!Party! decided!to!lead!a!war!of!liberation!against!the!Pakistan!occupying! forces,!triggering!Balochistans!first!war!of!independence;!and! WHEREAS,!in!1958,!1963!and!1970,!the!people!of!Balochistan!staged! repeated!armed!uprisings!against!their!continued!occupation,! leading!to!tens!of!thousands!dead!and!scores!missing;!and! WHEREAS,!the!Baloch!are!today!fighting!the!fifth!Baloch!war!of! independence!against!Pakistans!65Qyear!occupation!of!their!land! that!is!being!systematically!looted!of!its!resources!with!a!genocide! that!is!seeing!the!decimation!of!the!Baloch!people,!their!language,! culture!and!heritage;!and! WHEREAS,!the!farcical!elections!on!May!11,!2013!have!become!the!last!straw,! demonstrating!to!all!that!there!is!no!hope!for!the!Baloch!people!in! associating!themselves!with!the!state!and!institutions!of!Pakistan,! which!is!an!occupying!power.!

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! ! THEREFORE*BE*IT*RESOLVED,!That!this!gathering!of!the!Baloch!diaspora! and!friends!of!the!Baloch!people!declares!the!inhabitants!of! Balochistan!as!an!independent!and!sovereign!people!who!reject! the!Constitution!of!the!Islamic!Republic!of!Pakistan!and!demand! the!withdrawal!of!all!Pakistani!state!institutions,!whether!military! or!civilian,!from!all!of!Balochistan.! RESOLVED,!That!the!leaders!of!Balochistans!nationalist!political!parties!rise! to!the!occasion!and!bury!their!differences!and!put!a!halt!to!the! petty!bickering!that!has!led!to!a!sharp!decline!in!morale!among! the!freedom!fighters!battling!Pakistani!troops!in!this!war!of! liberation.! RESOLVED,!That!these!Baloch!leaders!recognise!their!roles!and! responsibilities!and!live!up!to!the!high!standards!set!by!the!elder! statesmen!such!as!Ghaus!Bux!Bizenjo,!Khair!Bux!Marri,!Attaullah! Mengal,!Akbar!Bugti!and!above!all!the!national!poet!of! Balochistan,!Mir!Gul!Khan!Naseer!and!work!towards!the! independence!of!Balochistan.! RESOLVED,!That!Balochistans!nationalist!leaders!set!up!a!broadQbased! Balochistan!National!Government!in!Exile!and!start!work!on!an! interim!constitution!that!would!form!the!basis!of!a!future! independent,!liberal,!secular!and!democratic!Balochistan!that! would!join!the!family!of!nations.! RESOLVED,!That!the!United!Nations!intervene!in!the!affairs!of!both!IranianQ occupied!West!Balochistan!and!PakistanQoccupied!East! Balochistan!to!ensure!that!atrocities!being!committed!against!the! Baloch!nation!are!recorded!and!the!perpetrators!of!these!crimes! be!tried!for!war!crimes!and!crimes!against!humanity.! RESOLVED,!That!on!this!day,!May!12,!2013,!this!gathering!declares! Balochistan!to!be!a!country!under!occupation!by!two!member! states!of!the!United!Nations!QQ!the!Islamic!Republics!of!Pakistan! and!Iran.! ! !
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