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230 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিল : চতুর্থ খন্ড আমেরিকাস্থ ইষ্ট পাকিস্তান লীগের ইষ্ট পাকিস্তান লীগের সভার ২৮ মার্চ, জরুরী সভায় গৃহীত সিদ্ধান্তসমূহ কার্যবিবরণী Ֆի, Գ Տ (212) 866-7474 Established in 1947 THF. EAST PAKISTAN LEAGUE OF AMERICA 2667 Broadway, New York. N. Y. 10025 March 28, 1971. The East Pakistan League of America, New York, held an emergency meeting at 2.00 P. M. this afternoon to discuss the current situation in Hast Pakistan and to consider the ways and means to help the unarmed and innocent people of Bangladesh who are engaged in a heroic struggle to preserve their independence. The meeting, attended by the people of Bangladesh living in the United States and Canada unanimously resolved the following: 1. This meeting of more than 300 Bengalis representing all Bengalis living in the U.S. and Canada vows to spare no sacrifices for liberating (heir motherland from the barbarous clutches of the West Pakistan Occupation Army. 2. This meeting also commemorates the 31st anniversary of the historic Lahore Resolution of 1940 which clearly had asked for the creation of two separate and independent states in the North-East and North-West regions of British India 3. This meeting also notes the sacrifices of Bengalis of East Pakistan for the former State of Pakistan in that they agreed to parity of representation and the various services. East Pakistan also agreed to Jive under a Federal framework under the 6point program of our democratically elected leader. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The West Pakistani Military Dictator Yahya Khan instead of accepting this demand of 75 million people of Bangladesh has started a war of annihilation and medieval savagery against our people using Jet Bombers, Tanks. Artillery and other modern weapons. 4. This meeting further resolves that all the democratic peoples of the world should come forward in this grave hour of need of Bangladesh and they (the Bengalis) request the Governments of U.N. Member States especially the United States of America. United Kingdom. France and India to immediately recognize the Provisional Government of Bangladesh by Major Zia Khan and based in Chittagong and extend all possible help to throw out the aggressors from West Pakistan. The meeting also requests these countries through their Heads of Permanent Missions to the United Nations to convene a meeting of the United Nations Security Council and allow the State of Bangladesh to retain the membership of U.N. currently being held by Pakistan on the analogy of the case of India in 1947 when India retained the original membership and Pakistan had to apply afresh.