UN General Assembly
1966

91. We were gratified that the Tashkent agreement was designed to bring together two sister States in the Asian sub-continent, so that they could, in a peaceful atmosphere, find a just solution to the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with the provisions of the United Nations Charter as well as the decisions of the Security Council on this issue. 92. When in the late forties the Saudi Arabian delegation, participating with others, elaborated the principle of self-determination into a clear fundamental human right, India played a major role in supporting that endeavour which, after five years of cogent debate with the colonial Powers, was crowned with total success. The right of peoples and nations to self- determination now stands as the corner-stone of the two draft Covenants on Human Rights. Furthermore, many General Assembly resolutions have clearly stated that all the other fundamental human rights may not be enjoyed fully unless a people is free to determine its own fate.