পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ত্রয়োদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৬৪৩

615 ংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ ংলাদেশে ধ্বংস ও হত্যাযজ্ঞের বিরুদ্ধে ংলাদেশ ডকুমেন্টস ১০ মে, ১৯৭১ বুদাপেস্ট বিশ্বশান্তি পরিষদ সভার প্রস্তাব RESOLUTION ON COLONIALISM AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE WORLD PEACE COUNCIL IN BUDAPEST ON MAY 10, 1971 The large scale massacres and acts of mass killings perpetuated by the Pakistan armed forces against the unarmed civilian population of East Pakistan is among the gravest and most tragic developments recently: The 75 million people of East Pakistan constituting 56 per cent of the entire population of Pakistan have been fighting for many years against gross injustice, national and linguistic suppression and humiliation and near colonel economic exploitation in the hands of a military dictatorship and monopolist business houses, all belonging to the other wing of the country over 1,200 miles away. When general elections were held last December for the National and Provincial Assemblies the Awami League representing the people of East Pakistan won almost all the seats from East Pakistan as well as an absolute majority in the National Assembly on the basis of an election programme demanding autonomy for East Pakistan and ending Pakistan's participation in imperialist military alliances. Instead of transferring power to the elected representatives for framing the constitution the military dictatorship created a deadlock and long-drawn negotiations were begun. In the end when agreement was apparently in sight the military junta suddenly banned the Awami League outright and let loose a process of mass killing against the entire population. In spite of this cruel attack the people have stood together and declared themselves as the people of their new state of Bangladesh. Massive military actions using tanks, artillery, aerial strafing and incendiary bombs are being taken by Pakistan forces against Bangladesh and the country has been closed to the World Press and even the International Red Cross. Meanwhile over two million refugees have been forced to flee in to India from across the border. World public opinion and the forces of peace everywhere should act immediately to put a stop to this blood-batch. International relief must be rushed both to Bangladesh as well as to India which cannot met the requirements of the vast number of refugees alone from its resources. International intervention can and must succeed in making the Pakistan Government allow the Red Cross and other international relief organizations to rush aid to the victims