Pakistan, Aug. 5 -- Certain legal and political voices in India assert that the United Nations Security Council resolutions on Jammu and Kashmir have lost their legal significance following the Simla Agreement. They contend that, by agreeing to resolve all disputes through bilateral negotiations, Pakistan effectively transformed the Kashmir issue into a bilateral matter. Some even invoke Article 59 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, arguing that the conclusion of a new agreement renders prior obligations void.

This interpretation is legally unsound. It reflects either a deliberate distortion of international law or a fundamental misunderstanding of its basic principles. A good-faith reading of international legal instrument...