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The UNCIP unanimously adopted this Resolution on August 13, 1948.
Members of the Commission:
 Argentina
 Belgium
 Columbia
 Czechoslovakia
 U.S.A.
"The United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan;
Having given careful consideration to the points of view expressed by the Representatives of India and Pakistan regarding the
situation in the State of Jammu and Kashmir, and
Being of the opinion that the prompt cessation of hostilities and the correction of conditions the continuance of which is
likely to endanger international peace and security are essential to implementation of its endeavours to assist the Governments of
India and Pakistan in effecting a final settlement of the situation,
Resolves to submit simultaneously to the Governments of India and Pakistan the following proposal:
PART I - CEASE-FIRE ORDER
A.
The Governments of India and Pakistan agree that their respective High Commands will issue separately and
simultaneously a cease-fire order to apply to all forces under their control in the State of Jammu and Kashmir as of the earliest
practicable date or dates to be mutually agreed upon within four days after these proposals have been accepted by both Governments.
B.
The High Commands of the Indian and Pakistani forces agree to refrain from taking any measures that might
augment the military potential of the forces under their control in the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
(For the purpose of these proposals "forces under their control" shall be considered to include all forces, organized and
unorganized, fighting or participating in hostilities on their respective sides.)
C.
The Commander-in-Chief of the forces of India and Pakistan shall promptly confer regarding any necessary
local changes in present dispositions which may facilitate the cease-fire.
D.
In its discretion and as the Commission may find practicable, the Commission will appoint military observers
who, under the authority of the Commission and with the cooperation of both Commands, will supervise the observance of the cease-fire
order.
E.
The Government of India and the Government of Pakistan agree to appeal to their respective peoples to assist
in creating and maintaining an atmosphere favourable to the promotion of further negotiations.
PART II - TRUCE AGREEMENT
Simultaneously with the acceptance of the proposal for the immediate cessation of hostilities as outlined in Part I, both
Governments accept the following principles as a basis for the formulation of a truce agreement, the details of which shall be
worked out in discussion between their Representatives and the Commission.
A
1. As the presence of troops of Pakistan in the territory of the State of Jammu and Kashmir constitutes a
material change in the situation since it was represented by the Government of Pakistan before the Security Council, the
Government of Pakistan agrees to withdraw its troops from that State.
2. The Government of Pakistan will use its best endeavour to secure the withdrawal from the State of Jammu
and Kashmir of tribesmen and Pakistan nationals not normally resident therein who have entered the State for the purpose of
fighting.
3. Pending a final solution, the territory evacuated by the Pakistani troops will be administered by the
local authorities under the surveillance of the Commission.
B
1. When the Commission shall have notified the Government of India that the tribesmen and Pakistan nationals referred to in
Part IIA2 hereof have withdrawn, thereby terminating the situation which was represented by the Government of India to the Security
Council as having occasioned the presence of Indian forces in the State of Jammu and Kashmir, and further, that the Pakistani
forces are being withdrawn from the State of Jammu and Kashmir, the Government of India agrees to begin to withdraw the bulk of
their forces from that State in stages to be agreed upon with the Commission.
2. Pending the acceptance of the conditions for a final settlement of the situation in the State of Jammu and Kashmir, the
Indian Government will maintain within the lines existing at the moment of cease-fire those forces of its Army which in
agreement with the Commission are considered necessary to assist local authorities in the observance of law and order. The
Commission will have observers stationed where it deems necessary.
3. The Government of India will undertake to ensure that the Government of the State of Jammu and Kashmir will take all
measures within its power to make it publicly known that peace, law and order will be safeguarded and that all human and political
rights will be guaranteed.
C
1. Upon signature, the full text of the truce agreement or a communiqué containing the principles thereof as agreed upon
between the two Governments and the Commission will be made public.
PART III
The Government of India and the Government of Pakistan reaffirm their wish that the future status of the State of Jammu and
Kashmir shall be determined in accordance with the will of the people and to that end, upon acceptance of the Truce Agreement,
both Governments agree to enter into consultations with the Commission to determine fair and equitable conditions whereby such
free expression will be assured."
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