Research Team for the
mapping of Baluchistan's natural resources and mines
The occupied land of Baluchistan
includes part of the south and southeastern Iran, south and western
Pakistan and southwestern Afghanistan. Baluchistan is about twice
the size of Norway. Baluchistan is rich in natural resources
including many types of minerals and is the supplier of natural gas
to Pakistan.
In spite of these resources, the natural
inhabitants, the Baluch people, are among the poorest people in the
world. The resources and wealth of the Baluchistan region and the
Baluch people are being controlled and exploited by non-Baluchies .
Those in power in Afghanistan, Iran or Pakistan are, in cooperation
with foreign public and private companies, cynically exploiting the
resources for their own benefit while the Baluchies are becoming
steadily poorer. Those exploiting Baluchistanīs rich resources are
not interested in informing the outside world about the wealth of
the natural resources in Baluchistan, but are, however, repeatedly
reporting that the region is poor and in need of aid.
The economic situation of Baluch people
and the exploitation Baluchistan īs natural resources demonstrates
the necessity for establishing an independent, impartial body, which
should collect information and monitor the situation of what happens
to theses natural resources and the minerals.
Establishing a research team for the collection of facts about the
natural resources in Baluchistan and for monitoring what is
happening to them is an answer to this. The team should consists of
experts in the field, working with an aim to bring light on the
facts about these matters. It is mportant to collect all such
information in a database. The database should focus on documenting
the enormous wealth of the Baluchi region, a wealth that, today,
does not result in any benefits for the Baluch people.
The information that will be collected is aimed at the Baluch people
so as to increase their own awareness of the grave situation and
towards the international society and organizations like the UN and
human rights organizations. The research team will also work to
create a greater interest among the worldīs media for situation in
the Baluchistan and help in bringing the case of the Baluch people
on the agenda of the international society
Research Team
P.O. BOX 56
0623 OSLO
Research Team for the mapping of
Baluchistan's natural resources and mines
Oslo 6. June 2011