763 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ সংখ্যালঘুদের রক্ষা করা ও তাদের প্রতি জাতিসংঘ ডকুমেন্টস ১৬ আগষ্ট, ১৯৭১ বৈষম্যমূলক আচরণ প্রতিরোধে গঠিত উপসংস্থা ইন্টারন্যাশনাল জুরিস্টস কমিশন-এর প্রতিনিধি মিঃ জন সাল জবার্গের বিবৃতি STATEMENT BY MR. JOHN SALZBERG REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF JURISTS, TO THE SUB-COMMISSION ON THE PREVENTION OF DESCRIMINATION AND PROTECTION OF MINORITIES, DATED AUGUST 16, 1971. Following is text of statement delivered on August 16, 1971, by Mr. John Salzberg, representative for the International Commission of Jurists to the U. N. SubCommission on the prevention of Discrimination and protection of minorities. The Sub-Commission met at the U. N. Headquarters in New York. The statement was made on behalf of 22 international non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the U. N. which has submitted a statement (U.N. Document No. E/CN.4 SUB. 2/NGO, 46 dated July 23, 1971), Urging the Sub-Commission to consider the reports of violation of human rights in East Pakistan. Mr. Chairman, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce the document submitted to the sub-commission by twenty-two international non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the economic and social council. (Document E/CN.4/SUB.2/NGO 46). The international non-governmental organizations submitting this document constitute a variety of religious, legal, educational, civic, and social organization with affiliates throughout the world. My own organization, the international commission of jurists seeks to promote the rule of law and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in all parts of the world and has national sections and affiliated groups in more than sixty countries. The subject of the non-Governmental organisation statement concerns a most grave and urgent matter: The tragic developments in Hast Pakistan which are reported to have resulted in death of perhaps as many as 200,000 persons, the destructions of countless homes and villages, and the creation of more than six million refugees. The Secretary-General has referred to the situation as "one of the most tragic episodes in human history". Only last week the Secretary General stated that the efforts to cope with the relief problem". Are increasingly hampered by the lack of substantial progress towards a political reconciliation and the consequent effect on law, order and public administration in East Pakistan the situation is one in which political, economic and social factors have produced a serious of vicious circles which largely frustrate the efforts of the authorities concerned and of the international community to deal with the vast humanitarian problems involved, these human tragedies have consequences in a far wider sphere. The violent emotions aroused could have repercussions on the relations of religious and ethnic groups in the sub-continent as a whole and the relationship of the Governments of India
