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"Mr President, I am delighted that we can discuss this almost forgotten conflict. It has not been completely forgotten in the sense that political refugees who live in our own towns and neighbourhoods come and talk to us about this problem. I am then often ashamed at how little influence we can exert as a huge economic power in the political field. This is why I welcome the debate on this conflict today. However, we should not just treat it as a conflict between Pakistan and India regarding the respective spheres of influence that the two countries want to see established. Very often, the people who actually live there are not taken into account. Although the UN resolutions of 1948 and 1949 stipulated that the fate of Kashmir and Jammu should be decided by a referendum under international supervision, this never actually happened. India and Pakistan were supposed to attempt this on their own, but this only led to a whole raft of small conflicts which – and the previous speakers were right to underline this – have taken on more threatening proportions since both countries have become nuclear powers. This appears to have awakened world opinion again. I am convinced that international mediation is desirable and necessary. I am therefore happy to concur with what Kofi Annan said concerning this matter, but I do hope that this will not prejudice the right to self-determination on the part of the peoples involved."@en1
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