পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ত্রয়োদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৭৩৫

707 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খন্ড took over the disputed area and the rebel fighters, inexperienced and unequipped, were unable to stand up against the regular army of West Pakistan, which did not shrink at using any means of terror in order to put down the Bengali population. At this point I do not wish to refer to the constitutional solutions of this problem. That does not mean to say that Israel will not refer to the matter in the proper contest. I support the approach of Member of Parliament Horowitz who spoke before me and who suggested that the major problem today is not the structure of the State of Pakistan but the silence of the world in the face of the terrors and fears and the immediate need that Israel too should be represented both in awakening the conscience of the world and in granting measures to alleviate this distress. According to all information, we are witness to a human tragedy amounting to genocide. Warriors who know no bounds have murdered defenseless civilians, have violated women, tortured old men and children and turned many millions into helpless refugees. These poor people torn from their land by no fault of their own, are now reaching refugee camps in India, weak having lost all, destined for hunger and disease. The cholert epidemic which has swept through the East Bengal refugees has already killed thousands. Conditions of living sanitation and food in these camps are terrible. The monsoon adds to the severity of the situation. There is therefore a real danger that the number of casualties will grow. The Government of India is making all possible efforts to alleviate the bitter sorrow of the refugees, to give food, to inoculate them against diseases and to improve, even marginally, their living conditions. But the resources of India are insufficient and alone she cannot withstand the mounting wave of destitute refugees seeking shelter on her territory. Only if the world will come forward to offer immediate and large-scale help, can a most terrible calamity be averted. The Jewish people, which has suffered much sorrow and misery in its history, must be specially aware of and sympathetic to human suffering wherever it may be, and the State of Israel cannot stand aside inactive, when faced with a disaster engulfing masses of humanity. The Government of Israel have already transferred \through the Red Shield of David Society to the Indian Red Cross a large quantity of anti-cholera vaccine and the General Federation of Labor (Histadrut) has answered the call of help by sending a large consignment of medicine. ... CHILEAN PRESIDENT'S LETTER TO U. N. SECRETARY GENERAL RELEASED ON JUNE 26, 1971 The following is the text of a message from the President of Chile to the United Nations Secretary-General regarding East Bengal refugees, as released by the Permanent Mission of Chile to the United Nations on June 26, 1971: INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE AND INVOLVEMENT 505 The Ambassador Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations Dr. Humberto Diaz Casanova has transmitted a message by the President of Chile, Dr. Salvador Allende.