First, it Was Korea, then came Viet Nam, the Middle East-Pakistan, India-China and now we have a war on the borders of India in Bangladesh. It seems as if we are going to have another Viet Nam on our borders, Apart from these are Still Continuing as in Ireland.
What does this state of Affairs mean? Is this the way to ensure Economic Justice, Sanctity of Freedom, defend the nobility of human life, protect the right of an individual to live in dignity and peace, and provide each individual an opportunity to develop his maximum potential within his society.
We, as Indians in this Context cannot but look at a Situation that has development on our own borders. Many fact can be given to show every objective and principal that the JAYCEE stand by has been violated in just as they have been violated and continue to be Violated in other part of the world. The Bangladesh issue is not an isolated issue. It is a part of the malaise that has gripped the world. The only difference is that its impact on India is unprecedented. No Country in the world at no time in history has had to bear the burden of so many million refugees. Although it is questions bristling with political overtones, it has a much wider humanitarian aspect.
This is what demands consideration by JAACEES from all over the world. Youth displaced from normal life by war, Youth inured to violence, youth degraded. It is no use involving the youth activates that develop leadership. If the only prospect open to them is the denial of every principal that proclaim as inviolable. A Youth denied freedom. A youth denied education, a youth denied food, a youth denied a land of his own, a youth denied prospects os development in own land, is really denied his very existence.
We can go on providing succour and relief to suffering humanity. We can help our youth gain the experience of leadership in these sort of activities. Can such an attitude take us any where near the cherished goal of our founder? Can such an attitude take us anywhere near the cherished goal if our founder? Can such an atmosphere in the world, which instead of changing for the better seems to be changing for the worse, help us move steadily towards our objectives? Do not all our efforts seem futile and puny gestures?
It is this situation that demands of the JAYCEES the world over to take a stand. It is true our creed forbids us from taking part in any partisan political activity and from promoting of one national interest over another. The question that has been brought home to us by the developments in Bangladesh cannot be evaded as a political question. It is a humanitarian issue. It is question that may soon be faced by many other developing countries, because Bangladesh has brought to the forde the relations between sub- nationalities in a multinational developing country. If a part from war between different nations, wars develop within the developing countrics as well, we shall soon be heading for chaos and savagery beyond limit. We have already witnessed this in many parts of the world. We are now witnessing it in Bangladesh. It is no longer a Strictly political has become a human issue.
