পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ত্রয়োদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৬৩৯

61 | ংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ ংলাদেশের জনগণের আন্তনিয়ন্ত্রণাধিকার মেনে | যুগোশ্লাভ লীগ উদ্ধৃতি: | ১৩ এপ্রিল, ১৯৭১ নেয়া উচিত ; যুগোশ্লাভ লীগ ফর পীস, ইন্ডিপেন্ডেন্স | বাংলাদেশ ডকুমেন্টস এন্ড ইকুয়ালিটি অব পিপলস-এর বিবৃতি TEXT OF THE STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE YUGOSLAW LEAGUE FOR PEACE, INDEPENDENCE AND EQUALITY OF PEOPLES, ON APRIL 13,1971 Following is the full text of the statement issued by the Yugoslav League for peace. Independence and Equality of Peoples on April 13, on the situation in East Pakistan. After the expulsion of all foreign journalists and the introduction of strict censorship, the official statements made by the Pakistani Government claim that the situation in East Pakistan has come back to normal. However, the reports of world news agencies and press team with news based on statements made by eye-witnesses, to the effect that a civil war is still going on, that the sufferings of the civilian population increase with each day, that the violence of the Pakistan Army persists and that the mass killing of East Pakistan people has not stopped. At the recently held elections, the people of East Pakistan expressed, with an absolute majority of votes and unequivocally, their will to settle their relations with West Pakistan in a democratic manner, on the basis of autonomy and full equality of the two parts of Pakistan. The situation created in East Pakistan by proclaiming a state of emergency and by the attempts of the army to prevent the people from realizing their aspirations for autonomy, causes serious concern in the world. Military force has never succeeded in solving difficult economic, political and social problems, but has always made them worse. Violence in East Pakistan provokes new hatred, deepens the chasm and makes impossible a peaceful solution of the problems of relations between the peoples of West and East Pakistan. Supporting the right of every nation to self-determination the Yugoslav League for Peace, Independence and Equality of Peoples considers that this right should be recognized to the people of East Pakistan, the more so, as the attempts to settle the problem of relations between the peoples of Pakistan by military force cannot lead to a lasting and stable settlement, but embodies a danger of graver complications which may jeopardize peace in that part of the world.