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146 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিল : চতুর্থ খন্ড scale of the present human suffering among the refugees, and the dangers of early famine demand an unsparing response from Britain. It therefore urges H. M. Government to take the following immediate steps: (a) To raise the conflict in Pakistan in the Security Council as an urgent question threatening peace and endangering the security of others; (b)To increase substantially the present British contribution to U Thant's Relief Fund and to make an immediate bilateral offer of generous additional aid to India to assist her in the costs of meeting the refugee problem. The N.E.C. further believes that in this situation it is right that the British people should know what approach H.M. Government is proposing to take in the forthcoming early meeting of the Pakistan Aid Consortium, which will consider the very serious economic crisis facing Pakistan. The N.E.C. believes that in a situation in which political institutions in East Pakistan have collapsed; aid for development cannot be meaningful. It therefore calls upon H. M. Government to urge at the forthcoming meeting of the Consortium that, until a peaceful settlement bas been achieved in East Pakistan, aid to Pakistan should be limited to the relief and prevention of actual disease and distress, bearing in mind that many of those who most need aid are no longer in Pakistan." 2). "In view of the obvious failure to get adequate relief to India and Pakistan and similar technical problems during other recent catastrophes, this Committee urges H. M. Government to propose the establishment of an international Relief Commission. This Commission should be set up immediately and be composed of those with experience of relief, transportation, and the management of large scale organisation. In circumstances such as now existing in Pakistan the Commission would meet continuously and report on what measures would be necessary on a world scale for implementation by the United Nations. The Commission would establish permanent machinery to provide immediate relief in natural and manmade disasters, to save life, furnish essential medical supplies and if necessary take control of the situation until longer term measures can be brought into effect. In proposing the establishment of this Commission, H.M. Government should pledge full British participation and financial support." June 8, 197 ID/1970–71/93 SΤΑΤΕΜΕΝΤΟΡ ΤΗΕ ΝΑΤΙΟΝΑL ΕΧΕΟUΤΙVΕ ΟΟΜΜΙΤΤΕΕ ΟΝΙΡΑΚΙSΤΑΝ Conference expresses its horror and concern at the terrible human tragedy now taking place in Bengal. It believes that the Pakistan Government must take full responsibility for the terrible suffering endured by the people of East Bengal and Conference condemns the