KARACHI: Pakistan troops have beaten back several Indian attacl The UN observers have been informed of this fresh surge of cease-fire violations by India.
At [the] United Nations, Syed Amjad Ali, Pakistan`s Permanent Representative, told U Thant, UN Secretary-General, in a letter that Indians were torturing Pakistani prisoners-ofwar and violating the Geneva Convention. He asked the Secretary-General to stop the Indians from committing all such acts of barbarity.
[Meanwhile, as reported by agencies from the United Nations,] the British Foreign Secretary, Mr Michael Stewart, in a major policy address to the UN General Assembly today [Oct 7] said that if there was to be a final end of the Indo-Pakistan conflict, `the Security Council had to hold the course which it has charted`. This was an allusion to the Council`s promise to come to grips with the basic Kashmir dispute.
Outlining a peace formula for Viet-Nam, starting with a cease-fire, Mr Stewart told the General Assembly that this should be followed by the end of all intervention in Viet-Nam and then a conference under any auspices which held prospects of success. This proposed conference would result in a situation in which both South and North VietNam were safe from attack. The next step would be for the United Nations to initiate a reconstruction programme to repair the ravages of war.
MrStewartexpressedtheBritishGovernment`s firm conviction that People`s China should be seated at the UN.
Mr Stewart hoped that future conditions in Viet-Nam would enable truly representative Governments to emerge in the South and the North. Both South and North Viet-Nam should be completely neutral without either foreign troops or bases on their soil.
