topical interest as Viet Nam and Biafra were. It was because people had not been told about the problem. Delegations should be sent there.
Another Australian delegate said: There are many skeletons in our cup-board. For instance, we have been accused for being indifferent to plans for the uplift of our aborigines. We have been accused of denying independence to New-Guinea. But I can assure you all we shall not be found lacking in sympathy and support for the Bangladesh cause. All those who know the issues involved in Bangladesh feel very upset”.
The U.S.A., Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey and other Arab countries had reportedly offered substantial economic and military aid to Pakistan. The U.S.A attitude was most untenable. That country which held aloft the beacon of liberty and gave the world such slogans as “Give me liberty or give me death” I should now be a party to the complete denial of human rights to people in East Pakistan is most shocking.”
