1949 UN-supervised agreement between India and Pakistan
Not to be confused with Karachi Agreement (Azad Kashmir).
Karachi Agreement
Agreement Regarding the Establishment of a Cease-Fire Line in the State of Jammu and Kashmir
Type
Delimitation of Cease-Fire Line
Context
Post Indo-Pakistani War 1947
Drafted
13 August 1948
Signed
27 July 1949; 74 years ago (1949-07-27)
Location
Karachi, Pakistan
Mediators
United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan
Negotiators
Military representatives of India and Pakistan
Signatories
Lt. Gen. S. M. Shrinagesh on behalf of India
Maj. Gen. W. J. Cawthorn on behalf of Pakistan
Hernando Samper and M. Delvoie from UNCIP
Parties
India
Pakistan
United Nations
Depositaries
Government of India
Government of Pakistan
Languages
English
The Karachi Agreement of 1949 was signed by the military representatives of India and Pakistan, supervised by the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan, establishing a cease-fire line in Kashmir following the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947.[1] It established a cease-fire line which has been monitored by United Nations observers from the United Nations since then.[2]
^Wirsing, War or Peace on the Line of Control? 1998, p. 9.
^Hilaire, United Nations Law and the Security Council 2005, pp. 29–30.
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