Read what UNCIP Resolution says 176. Part II of the truce terms dealt with the withdrawal of troops from the territory of the State. Following the principles embodied in part II of the 13 August resolution, the Commission established the schedules of withdrawal of the Pakistan troops and the bulk of the Indian forces. In its covering letter to the Indian Government (annex 22), the Commission submitted a plan for the withdrawal of the bulk of the Indian forces from the State. This suggestion was made in conformity with the terms of paragraph B, 1 of part II, which stipulated that the bulk of the Indian forces would be withdrawn from the State of Jammu and Kashmir, in stages to be agreed between the Government of India and the Commis-sion. 177. Part III of the truce terms contained various general provisions: (a) It established that the territory evac¬uated by the Pakistan troops will be administered by the legal authorities under the surveillance of the Commission; (b) It provided that Immediately upon the acceptance of these terms, the Commission would enter into consultations with the Government of India regarding the disposal of the Indian and State armed forces, and with the local authorities regarding the disposal of the armed forces in the territory to be evacuated by Pakistan troops, with a view to initiating implementation of point 4 (a) and (b) of the Commissions resolution of 5 January 1949. (c) Other provisions were made for the release of prisoners of war and for the publicity to be given throughout the State of Jammu and Kashmir to the fact that peace, law and order would be safeguarded and that all human and political rights would be guaranteed. The truce terms also provided that they should be without prejudice to the territorial integrity and the sovereignty of the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
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