পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ত্রয়োদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৭৪০

712 ংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খন্ড India has made great progress in many fields of modern life and especially so in the time since you, Madam, became her leader in 1966. We congratulate you on your achievements. There were many who, only a few years ago, thought it impossible that India would today have achieved her aim of producing enough food herself to feed her population. Industrial production has been increased further still India's successful foreign trade policy is reflected in her increasing foreign exchange reserves. We share your satisfaction at these favorable results. I feel sure that on this basis the economic partnership between Germany and India will continue to develop favorably. Mutual visits by delegation from trade and industry promise fruitful co-operation. And I hope that exchanges in the cultural, scientific and technological spheres will also continue to increase. In the past, we have allocated a considerable proportion of our public aid to development projects in India. We shall continue, both on a bilateral basis and as partners in multilateral projects, to do all we possibly can to support your Government's development policy oriented as it is to progress and stability. In this way, we wish to render a contribution, beyond the bounds of our continent, to the establishment of a lasting peace system. If you’re and our efforts meet with success then this will benefit not only our two countries but the family of nations as a whole. The bonds of friendship between India and the Federal Republic of Germany are firmly established. Our intention is that it remains so. I now raise my glass and drink a toast to you, Madam Prime Minister, and to India's happy future. STATEMENT BY SIR KEITH HOLYOAKE, PRLME MINISTER OF NEW ZEALAND– NOVEMBER 25, 1971 The Resolution and the Joint Statement the (U. N.) Third Committee have adopted on the East Pakistan refugee problem are a timely reiteration of the conditions that need to be created in the area for the early and safe return of the refugee to their homeland This result, although limited only to a consideration of the humanitarian aspects of the refugee problem, has taken us some weeks of close consultation with other interested delegations. The discussions in New York revealed again, as we found earlier this year in ECOSOC that few others are prepared to take a stand on this sensitive issue, however simple it may seem to some New Zealanders. What we and the Netherlands (later joined by Sweden) co-sponsored was what we regarded as a minimum humanitarian appeal to those directly concerned. Even in that form, it encountered opposition, from various quarters. In, particular, it aroused suspicion of those elements in it designed to place the refugee question, as a humanitarian issue, in its political context. There was even a