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941 ংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ত্রয়োদশ খন্ড Today, the President of the Security Council, in his introductory statement at the opening of the meeting of the Council, again vividly reminded all of us of the suffering of these many millions of person: Unless that fact is taken into account-as has already been printed out-it is impossible to find the right solution for the problem as it has emerged, it is impossible to find the approach that would settle it. In view of this reality, the approach that is proposed in the five-power draft resolution is inadequate. It is one-sided and cannot contribute to the restoration of peace and a state of stability in that region. Without the firm, swift and effective elimination of the main cause of the serious tensions on the Hindustan sub-continent, and which finally led to the emergence of an armed conflict that has now acquired an international dimension, the Security Council will be unable to adopt a correct and effective decision. Hence, it is absolutely essential for the question of a cease-fire to be most closely and indissoluble linked with the requirement of addressing to the Government of Pakistan, simultaneously and without any delay, a call to take action towards a political settlement in East Pakistan, giving recognition to the Will of the East Pakistan population as expressed quite clearly and definitely in the elections of December, 1970. The Security Council cannot close its eyes to this political reality which has arisen in that region and attempt to resolve only one side of the conflict, leaving aside the main cause, the primary source of the existence of the serious tension, the primary cause and reason for the conflict, which has now been transformed into an armed clash in the Hindustan Peninsula and become an international problem. If the Security Council were to close its eyes that reality and take a one-sided course, that would merely create an appearance of action but would not be genuine action. The Security Council, in questions with such political significance, cannot act without taking into account the political reality involved. This is dictated by the United Nations Charter and those Articles that were mentioned by the Soviet Delegation in its statement yesterday, Given the situation, the only correct course which the Council can follow is the adoption of a decision in which both questionsthe question of the cease-fire and the question of the recognition by Pakistan of the expressed Will of the East Pakistan population-are organically and inseparably bound together. In other words, the two questions, the question of the cease-fire and the question of the political settlement, must be closely-indeed inseparably bound together. That is what the Delegation of the Soviet Union has striven for, striving for and will continue to strive for throughout the discussion of the present question. We admit that this approach might not be to the liking of certain parties, but that is up to them, we are deeply and firmly convinced that our approach is correct and just and based upon the real situation that has been produced in the Hindustan sub-continent. Through their elected representatives, the people of East Pakistan are free to decide upon the question of the resumption of talks with the Pakistan Government and relations with it. As we have already pointed out, the defect of the five-power draft resolution is precisely that in it the question of a cease-fire is not correlated with the question of the attainment of a political settlement in East Pakistan. We should take into account the will, the inalienable rights.