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from Global News Journal:
U.N. plays down “guidance” on Kashmir
U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon's spokesman says "guidance" on Kashmir was not an official statement from Ban
(Updated August 6, 2010 at 5:05 p.m. EDT with new remarks from U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky.)
The United Nations is playing down a statement on Kashmir a U.N. spokesman sent to a small group of reporters last week. After India made clear that it was very unhappy with the language on Kashmir issued by the U.N. press office, the world body explained that U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had never uttered the offending words -- at least not in an official statement.
This is the full text of what U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky has described as "media guidance" on Kashmir, as provided to Reuters by one of the reporters who received it by email on July 28:
