পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ত্রয়োদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৪৩৮

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410 ংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খন্ড Whereas an immediate exchange of views in the Security Council by parties directly or indirectly involved in the menacing conflict in South Asia could improve the prospects for peace in that area; and Whereas the continued political and military struggle in East Pakistan demonstrates that a state of civil war exists in that region; and Whereas in the Security Council deliberations all parties to the conflict should be represented; and Whereas the People's Republic of China, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America are all gravely concerned at the heightening tension in South Asia: Now therefore be it Resolved. That it is the sense of the Senate that (a) the United States delegation at the United Nations should propose the formal inscription on the agenda of the Security Council of an item entitled "The Threat to Peace in South Asia". (b)the United States Delegation should at the same time call for an emergency session of the Security Council on the subject at the earliest possible date. (c) the United States delegation should propose the formal participation in the Security Council debate of representatives of the Bangladesh, and (d)although the first order of business for the Security Council must be the cessation of hostilities between India and Pakistan, the United States delegation should press for rapid Security Council consideration of steps including the negotiated release of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman which will permit the vast majority of East Pakistani refugees now in India to return to their homes in East Pakistan in the very near future. THE PRESIDENT, The White House. Washington D. C. The pending war between India and Pakistan may be the greatest threat to world peace since World War II. For not only would a war between these two states involve two enormous population masses, untold casualties and a possible religious and communal war; but there would also be grave danger that concerned, outside Powersin particular China, the Soviet Union and the United States-might at some point be dragged in. We, the undersigned Members of the Senate, strongly believe the world can no longer wait for conventional diplomatic discussions leading to an end to this menace to world peace. Both the powers directly involved, India and Pakistan, and those major powers indirectly involved must participate, and there is only one body where these discussions can be held rapidly and without loss of face for the parties concerned. That body is the United Nations Security Council.