Similarly the international covenant on civil and political rights adopted by the UN General Assembly on Dec 16, 1966 in the article 1 and in the declaration in principle of international law adopted through resolution No. 2625 by UN General Assembly on Oct 24, 1970, recognizes the right of self determination for all peoples and says that "By virtue of the principle of equal rights and self determination of people enshrined in the charter of the UNO all peoples have the right to determine without external interference, their political status and to pursue their economic, social and cultural development and every state have duty to respect this right in accordance wit the provisions of the charter".

Besides endorsing the charter and the universal declaration of human rights, India on her own made the so called Instrument of accession conditional, provisional and temporary by adding to it a provision called plebiscite to enable the people of Kashmir, to decide freely their future political status. Again it was India, who after foreseeing a military debacle in late 1947, rushed to the security council on Jan. 01-1948 with a request for United Nations intervention in the state of Jammu and Kashmir and repeated her pledge that "Once the soil of the state had been cleared of the invaders and normal conditions restored, its people would be free to decide their future by the democratic method of a plebiscite or referendum, which in order to ensure complete impartiality, might be held under the international auspices".

On 15th: Jan. 1948, when the Security Council met, the Indian representative declared "the question of the future status of Kashmir vis-à-vis her neighbors and the world at large and a future question, namely whether she should withdraw from her accession to India, and either accede to Pakistan or remain independent, with a right to claim admission as a member of UNO, all this we have recognized to a matter for unfettered decision by the people of Kashmir after normal life is restored to them".