World Bank asks Pakistan to stop pursuing water dispute with India at ICA

世界银行要求巴基斯坦不要继续在国际仲裁法庭与印度就水资源闹矛盾

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank (WB) has asked Pakistan to stop pursuing the Kishanganga dam dispute in the International Court of Arbitration (ICA) and instead accept India’s offer of appointing a “neutral expert”.

ysl堡：世界银行已要求巴基斯坦停止在国际仲裁法庭继续就基尚甘加大坝问题闹矛盾，接受印度提出的委派一名“中立专家”的提议。

The Pakistani daily Dawn reported on Tuesday that the World Bank president Jim Yong Kim had last week advised the government to not take the matter to the ICA. Incidentally, the bank had on November 10, 2016 even picked a US chief justice, the rector of Imperial College, London, and the WB president to appoint a chairman of the court to resolve the dispute over the dam.

巴基斯坦《黎明报》周二报道称，世界银行行长金永吉上周建议政府不要将此问题提交到国际仲裁法庭。该行在2016年11月10日还命一位美国首席大法官、伦敦帝国学院院长和世界银行行长共同任命一位法庭主席来解决大坝争端。

Pakistan had opposed the construction of Kishanganga dam, considering it a violation of a World Bank-mediated treaty on the sharing of waters from the Indus and its tributaries. New Delhi believes that the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) allows it to build ‘run-of-river’ hydel projects that do not change the course of the river and do not deplete the water level downstream.

巴基斯坦曾反对建设基尚甘加大坝，认为这违反了由世界银行调解的印度河及支流水资源共享条约。新德里认为，1960年的印度河流域条约允许印度建造“水力发电”项目，这些项目不会改变河流的流向，也不会耗尽下游的水量。

Islamabad, however, disputes New Delhi’s interpretation, arguing that the Kishanganga project not only violates the course of the river but also depletes its water level.

然而，ysl堡对新德里的解释提出了异议，称基尚甘加项目不仅阻拦了河流的河道，也降低了河流水位。

While Pakistan wants the dispute to be referred to the ICA, India describes it an issue of bilateral differences over the design of the dam which can be addressed by some neutral experts.

尽管巴基斯坦希望将这一争端提交至国际仲裁法庭，但印度表示，这只是两国在大坝设计上存在分歧的问题，一些中立专家可以解决这个问题。

“Pakistan believed that acceding to India’s proposal of referring the dispute to neutral experts or withdrawing from its stand would mean closing the doors of arbitration and surrendering its right of raising disputes before international courts. It will become a precedent and every time a dispute emerges between Pakistan and India, the latter will always opt for dispute resolution through neutral experts,” the report said, quoting a source privy to the development.

“巴基斯坦认为，同意印度提出的将争端交由中立专家或放弃巴方立场的建议将意味着仲裁大门的关闭，并放弃向国际法院提出争议的权利。这将成为一个先例，以后每当巴基斯坦和印度之间出现争端时，印度都会选择通过中立的专家来解决争端。”报道援引了一个了解项目情况的消息源称。

In December 2016, the WB president had informed the then Pakistani finance minister Ishaq Dar through a letter that he had decided to “pause” the process of appointing the ICA chairman as well as the neutral expert.

2016年12月，世界银行行长通过信件告知当时的巴基斯坦财长伊沙克达尔，称他决定“暂停”国家仲裁法庭主席和中立专家的任命。

At this, Dar had lodged a strong protest with the WB and had asked the bank to play its due role in the matter.

对此，达尔向世界银行提出强烈抗议，并要求银行在该事件中发挥应有的作用。

Pakistan believes that on the one hand the WB has tied its hands from raising the dispute at the ICA, and on the other, it has not blocked the Indian effort to complete the construction of the dam.

巴基斯坦认为，一方面世界银行阻止了巴方在国际仲裁法庭提出争议，另一方面，它没有阻止印度完成大坝建设的企图。

In February last year, the WB further extended its halt until the secretary-level talks between the two countries bore some fruit. Subsequently, four rounds of talks were held in February, April, July and September in Washington in which the bank was willing to appoint an international court to pick between the two options. “But India did not accept it,” the source said. The WB even declined Pakistan’s plea on May 22, 2018.

去年2月，世界银行对任命一事继续暂停，直到两国秘书长级别的会谈取得一些成果。随后，双方在2月、4月、7月和9月在华盛顿举行了4轮谈判，该行愿意指派一个国际法庭在这两种选择之间作出决定。“但印度不接受这个安排，”消息人士说。世界银行在2018年5月22日拒绝了巴基斯坦的请求。

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来源：http://www.santaihu.com/45188.html

外文：https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Rk Fromny

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Rk Fromny-13 hours ago

No one time for the whines of this wailing bankrupt slave porkyland ....India has already started constucting dams. Hahahahaha .. now pigggies NAME ONE NATION that actully consider pak to hav even an iota of credibility in ANY matter !!!!

没时间听巴基斯坦破产奴隶的牢骚 ....印度已经开始修建水坝啦哈哈哈. .现在，这些猪佬提到的国家在任何事情上都认为巴基斯坦是值得信赖的人!!!

Jack Ali

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Jack Ali-13 hours ago-Follow

This is just the begng of the end for Pakistan

这是巴基斯坦末日的开始

Abhijit

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Abhijit-Hyderabad-13 hours ago-Follow

India must continue with its works at Kishanganga so that the citizens of India benefit in the bargain. Ensure that article 370 is abolished as promised allowing free access to Indians in Kashmir. In the interim, let the Pakistani people keep registering their protests. Deploy army all around and shoot at sight any Pakistani who even attempts to come close to the Dam. Not even their Engineering team.

印度必须继续基尚甘加的建设工作，以便让印度公民从中受益。确保第370条法案被废除，这条法案承诺允许印度人自由进入克什米尔。在此期间，让巴基斯坦人民继续登记他们的抗议活动。在各处部署军队，向任何试图接近大坝的巴基斯坦人开火。就连他们的工程团队也不能接近大坝。

Vinay Jain

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Vinay-surat-12 hours ago-Follow

Best move by BJP govt . Brave Heart Modi

这是人民党政府做的最好的事。莫迪拥有一颗勇敢的心。

Sachin Dive

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Sachin Dive-13 hours ago-Follow

1 tight slap from ICA to pakistan.

这是国际仲裁法庭对巴基斯坦一个结实的耳光

Pervinder Sangwan

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Pervinder Sangwan-13 hours ago-Follow

India should cancel the treaty..Once we have shortage of water then why should we give our water to enemy country..

印度应该把条约作废。我们水资源出现短缺，为什么我们要把水资源拱手让给敌国。

Ultimate Truth

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Ultimate Truth-13 hours ago-Follow

Pak''s only agenda is to hate India and stop all the water flowing into Pak would be a step in the right direction. Let them suffer and hopefully this would knock some sense into them.

巴基斯坦的唯一目标就是憎恨印度，阻止所有流入巴基斯坦的水资源是正确的做法。让他们受苦，希望能敲打敲打他们。

Joe Kool Joe-12 hours ago-Follow

Once again it's the Congress mess that BJP must clean up.

这又是国大党留下的残局，人民党又得收拾残局了。

Nation First Religion Second

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Nation First Religion-SAVE WATER SAVE NATION-10 hours ago-Follow

Modi effect every where....Now.....

这就是莫迪的全方位效应