পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (চতুর্থ খণ্ড).pdf/২৬৫

235 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিল : চতুর্থ খন্ড বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা সংরক্ষণের | আমেরিকাস্থ ইষ্ট পাকিস্তান লীগের ৩ এপ্রিল, মাধ্যমে সাহায্যের আবেদন প্রচারপত্র ՏծԳՏ STRUGGLE FOR PRESERVATION OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF BANGLADESH The entire world is now fully aware of the barbaric atrocities let loose through the use of jet-bombers, tanks, heavy artilleries, machineguns and other modern weapons on the innocent and unarmed people of Bangladesh whose only crime was that they had asked for the transfer of government to their democratically elected leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who won an absolute majority in the newly elected National Assembly and further that they should be allowed a large measure of autonomy within the federal framework. It may be recalled in this connection that the Lahore Resolution of 1940 passed by All India Muslim League the political party of Muslim community clearly and unequivocally expressed the will of the entire Muslim community of India to have "TWO SEPARATE AND INDEPENDENT STATES IN THE NORTH EAST AND NORTH WEST REGIONS OF BRITISH INDIA". We would also like to point out the sacrifices of the people of Bangladesh for the former state of Pakistan in that they agreed to parity of representation in parliament and various services. Already during the first three days of fighting three hundred thousand Bengalis have been killed by the shameless aggression of West Pakistan against our unarmed people. In this grave hour of need of our people, we have approached the member states of the United Nations to accord immediate recognition to the provisional government of Bangladesh headed by Maj. Ziaur Rahman and located in Chittagong and extend all possible help to throw out the aggressor. We have also requested the members of the U. N Security Council and other member-nations to convene an emergent meeting of the Security council and allow the state of Bangladesh to retain membership of the United Nations held by Pakistan 011 the analogy of the case of India in 1047 when India retained the original membership and Pakistan had to apply afresh. As Mr. Samar Sen, the Ambassador of India to the U. N. has so courageously stated that although the situation in Pakistan was a domestic matter, it was a domestic matter which had taken immoral proportions. It is precisely a situation of this kind in which Article 99 of the U. N. Charter can be very effectively applied. We have therefore requested 'the Secretary-General U Thant to call a meeting of the Security Council under Article 99 of the U. N. Charter and arrange to dispatch U. N.