41 3 ংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ শরণার্থীরা স্বগৃহে প্রত্যাবর্তন না করা পর্যন্ত সিনেটের কার্যবিবরণী ৬ ডিসেম্বর, ১৯৭১ ংঘর্ষ থামবে নাঃ সিনেটর কুপার S 20686 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE December 6, 1971 War between- India and Pakistan As in legislative session. Mr. Cooper. Mr. President, a full scale war has broken out between India and Pakistan-a war caused by the internal conflict in East Pakistan and Pakistan and the flight of 9 to 10 million refugees to India. There are already reports of mounting casualties on both sides, as the armies of India and Pakistan go into battle against each other armed with modern weapons of war. This is the third time since the independence of India and Pakistan that a war has broken out. The war between India and Pakistan is the final step in the series of devastating human tragedies in Hast Pakistan. It is my view that an end to the present conflict between India and Pakistan will not take place until a settlement is reached which will assure that the 9 to 10 million refugees now in India will be able to return in safely to Pakistan, from which they fled, because of the repressive action of the Government of Pakistan. I support the President's efforts to secure action by the Security Council of the United Nations, which it is hoped, will bring the war in the Indian subcontinent to an end. The primary purpose of the Security Council is to take action for the "maintenance of international peace and security." The Charter of the United Nations, provides under article 33 that, upon the request of any member of the United Nations in the event of war, "the continuance of which is likely to endanger the maintenance of international peace and security," shall first of all, "seek a solution by negotiation, inquiry, mediation, conciliation, arbitration, judicial settlement, resort to regional agencies or arrangements or other peaceful means of their own choice." It is my hope that the Security Council will act, and the Governments of India and Pakistan will accept the good offices of the Security Council, and the United Nations as a whole, to bring the war to a quick end. The United Nations was created to provide a way for the nations of the world to resolve their disputes peacefully, and to prevent disputes between nations from developing into war. It has this responsibility which it should assume, if it is to maintain the faith of peoples through the world-this is the central issue, rather than the problem and interests of the Soviet Union, the United States, or the Peoples Republic of China.
