পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ত্রয়োদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৭৭২

744 ংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ ইকনমিক এ্যান্ড সোশ্যাল কাউন্সিল-এর ৫১তম জাতিসংঘ ডকুমেন্টস ৫ জুলাই, ১৯৭১ অধিবেশনে জাতিসংঘের শরণার্থী বিষয়ক হাইকমিশনার প্রিন্স সদরুদ্দীন আগা খানের বিবৃতির পূর্ণ বিবরণ TEXT OF THE STATEMENT OF PRINCE SADRUDDIN AGA KHAN. UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES IN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL, 51* SESSION. ONJULY 5,1971 Mr. President, as you can well imagine, I have listened to all intervention with very great attention. There is it seems to me, a clear procedural problem here which has been referred to by a number of speakers. The outline of the decisions taken by the economic and social council in 1969 has been stressed here and the High Commissioner, of course, remains responsible under that decision to what I consider to be one of the most important Legislative organs of the United Nations. If the High Commissioner is called upon to comment on his report or answer any question which may be directed to him on the basis of the report, he can appear in front of the economic and social council. I did so, in fact, since this decision was taken in 1969 by going into some details about a specific problem of refugees in Africa. However, as far as the procedural question is concerned, raised by the distinguished representative of Pakistan which clearly outlined the role entrusted to me as focal point by the Secretary-General following his appeal issued to the International Community on 19th May, this particular function is simply not reported at all in the document before you first of all, because that was not undertaken, strictly speaking, under the usual terms of reference of the High Commissioner for refugees but as the channel for all United Nations components channeling aid to India and secondly because this particular crisis's erupted as was rightly indicated by other speakers, after the end of the particular period covered by the report. Therefore, Mr. President, though I would very much like to contribute in a very concrete way to the progress and the development of your debates here this afternoon. The fact of the matter is that, as far as the procedural aspect of the problem is concerned, I am in the hands of the economic and social council. I am of course, prepared and quite willing to report to you on any aspect of my functions either under my mandate and statute or under my good offices but for this I have to get clearance on the procedural aspect of the problem from the economic and social council which is a sovereign body. Thank you, Mr. President.