বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (দ্বাদশ খণ্ড)/১৮১
| শিরোনাম | সূত্র | তারিখ |
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| বিশ্বের প্রতি বাংলাদেশকে স্বীকৃতি প্রদানের জন্য দিল্লী আন্তর্জাতিক সম্মেলনের আহ্বান | হিন্দুস্তান স্ট্যাণ্ডার্ড | ২১ সেপ্টেম্বর, ১৯৭১ |
NATIONS URGED RECOGNISE BANGLADESH
(From Our Special Correspondent)
New Delhi Sept 20.- The International conference on Bangladesh today called upon Governments of the world to recognize the Bangladesh Government and to stop all military assistance to the West Pakistani regime.
It declared in a resolution that the political struggle of the people of Bangladesh should be viewed by the international community as a national struggle for freedom.
It appealed to Government and people across the world to offer immediate and effective assistance to the Bangladesh Government.
Such assistance the resolution said might mean military aid to some nations and individuals to others this might imply economic and non-violent aid.
Bangladesh had all the characteristics of a sovereign nation and the people’s Provisional Government of Bangladesh based on the will of the people could alone speak for them, the resolution said.
It requested members of the United Nations to place the Bangladesh problem before all organs of the international body as a violation of human rights and as a threat to world peace.
More than 150 delegates from 24 countries spread over all the continents assembled for the conference which was the first international gathering in support of the Bangladesh liberation movement.
Among the delegates about 65 were from 23 foreign countries. They included former prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers, members of parliament from several countries, leading intellectuals and distinguished publicists besides men and women dedicated to the cause of peace.
It was obvious at the end of the conference that in spite of minor difference on the nature of assistance that could be extended to the liberation movement all the delegates now have a better appreciation of the problem.
On their return home many of the delegates would plunge themselves into action to organize help for the Bangladesh people and the movement for the liberation of the country from Pakistani repression.
Differences among the delegates about the nature of assistance came to the open at the concluding session.
In the draft resolution Government were asked to offer “immediate an effective military and economic assistance to the Government of Bangladesh.”
Several delegates were of the view that it ran countries to the appeal issued by the conferences to different Governments to “stop forthwith the supply of arms, ammunition, spare parts and military facilities to the Government of Pakistan.”
Eventually, a compromise between those who were in favour on military aid to Bangladesh and those who wanted such a suggestion to be left ambiguous was arrived at. The amended text it open to the Government and people to decide for themselves whether such aid should be military or should be economic and nonviolent.
The resolution also appealed to the UN and other international organizations to channelize aid meant to relieve the sufferings in Bangladesh through the Government of Bangladesh under international supervision in order to ensure that such aid reaches those for whom it is meant.
It recommended the establishment of an international committee of friends of Bangladesh to diseminate information based on authoritative sources to the people’s government and non-government agencies with a view to fostering public support for the liberation movement.
The conference expressed its appreciation of the “commendable work done by the Government of India in giving relief to refugees from Bangladesh”. It urged the International Red Cross Society to assume direct responsibility for the organization and distribution of relief supplies in Bangladesh.
“In no circumstances”, said the resolution “should this be entrusted to the Pakistani martial Law authorities. The participation of the Government of Bangladesh is essential and constant with the terms of Article III of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1919”.
Spelling out the actions that individuals and non-Government bodies could take the conference said a freedom march should be inaugurated with participants from different countries crossing non-violently from India into Bangladesh.