Speaking at the UNGA, Mr Qureshi said the Kashmir dispute was about "the exercise of the right to self-determination by the Kashmiri people through a free, fair and impartial plebiscite under the UN auspices".

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Although there was no firm commitment on numbers, the agreement accepts the need to develop a global framework, under UN auspices, by the end of next year, ready to replace the Kyoto protocol on climate change when it expires in 2012.

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Given America's distaste for international criminal courts under the UN's auspices, it may be only too happy to see him tried by his own people.

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