পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ত্রয়োদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৭৮৪

756 ংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ জাতিসংঘ উপসংস্থার (ইউ-এন সাব কমিশন) জাতিসংঘ ডকুমেন্টস ২০ জুলাই, ১৯৭১ কাছে বেসরকারী বিশ্বসংস্থাসমূহের আবেদন NON-GOVERNMENTAL WORLD BODIES” APPEAL TO U.N. SUB-COMMISSION ONJULY 20, 1971 Twenty-two international non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the U.N. petitioned the United Nations SubCommission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, to take constructive action at its 24th session which commenced on August 2, 1971, "concerning the reports of gross violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms occurring in East Pakistan". In a statement released in New York on July 20, 1971, the organizations said that they were alarmed by these reports. In a reference to U- Thant's statement describing recent events leading to the flight of millions of refugees from East Bengal to India as "one of the most tragic episodes in human history", the statement expressed the "grave concern" of the organizations that no organ or agency of the United Nations "has pronounced itself on the implications of the events in the area for the human rights of the affected peoples." The statement added that the organizations were convinced that the United Nations bore the responsibility to ascertain the facts of the situation "with the object of safeguarding the human rights of the population of East Pakistan including returning refugees", and called upon the Sub-Commission at the opening of its 24th SeSSIOn to : (1)""Express its deep concern regarding the human rights implications of events in the affected areas with a view to assuring observance of the rights, the personal safety and the freedom of the people in the area; (2) Examine all available information regarding the allegations of the violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in East Pakistan; (3) Recommend to the Commission on human rights measures which might be taken to protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of the peoples of East Pakistan; (4) Appoint the Working Group provided for under Economic and Social Council resolution and instruct it to keep under review communications on human rights regarding the situation in East Bengal; and (5) Consider the extent to which events in the affected areas might be relevant to the contemplated studies of the Sub-Commission on minorities, indigenous populations and genocide."