পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ত্রয়োদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৬৮৫

657 ংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ পাগওয়াশ সম্মেলনের বাংলাদেশ বিষয়ক বাংলাদেশ ডকুমেন্টস ২৬-৩১ আগষ্ট, ১৯৭১ কমিটির বিবৃতি STATEMENT BY THE COMMITTEE ON EAST PAKISTAN AT THE 21ST PUGWASH CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE AND WORLD AFFAIRS HELD AT SINAI A, RUMANIA-AUGUST 26 TO 31,1971 Following is the statement approved by the Continuing Committee on the Problem of East Pakistan: Recent events in East Pakistan have caused unprecedented human suffering and created a grave situation in the sub-continent. There has been loss of life on a mass scale and millions have been forced to abandon their homes and seek refuge in India. The resulting tensions in the region threaten international peace, and therefore demand the urgent attention of the U.N. The Continuing Committee of the Pugwash Conference appeals; To the Government of Pakistan to promote speedily a peaceful political settlement, refrain from actions which make such settlement more difficult to achieve, create conditions for the safe return of the refugees to their homes and lands, and make possible the effective operation of International relief agencies among the affected population; To all governments to exert their influence on Pakistan to advance towards a peaceful political settlement; To all Governments, the United Nations and other International Organizations and World Public opinion to recognize that the relief and welfare of the refugees in India is an international responsibility and that they should, therefore, assume immediately the bulk' of the financial burden; and To all outside countries to avoid any steps which might further aggravate the situation and in particular to refrain from supplying arms to Pakistan.