পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড).pdf/৭৩৯

703 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড শিরোনাম সংবাদপত্র তারিখ News on Bangladesh 25 August, 1971 Bangladesh Movement Toronto : No. 3 BANGLADESH AMBASSADOR VISITS TORONTO Mr. M. r. Siddiqui, the newly appointed Bangladesh ambassador to the US and Canada was in Toronto to attend the international conference on South Asia. On August 22, he met with the members of the Bangladesh Association of Canada (Toronto) and addressed them. SEMINAR ON BANGLADESH A seminar on the "Crisis in Bangladesh" was arranged by the Bangladesh Association of Canada (Toronto) on August 5, 1971. Mr. Andrew Brewin, M. P., a member of the Canadian Parliamentary Delegation which visited India, pp.k and Bangladesh last month, was the main speaker. Others on the panel, who had also recently returned from India, were Mr. Frederic Nossal of the Toronto Telegram, Mr. Leslie Smith of OXFAM, and Mr. Paul Ignitieff of UNICEF, Mr. Stanley Burke was the chairman. All the speakers gave horrifying accounts of the plight of the 7 million refugees in India. While Mr. Smith and Mr. Ignitieff had to confine themselves only to the refugee problem, Mr. Brewin and Mr. Nossal also touched on the political and other aspects. Mr. Brewin said that in his opinion the only solution to the Bangladesh crisis was an independent Bangladesh. Mr. Smith documented his speech with pictures of the refugee camps. A group of West Pakistanis and two Bengali quislings belonging to the so-called "Pakistan Solidarity Committee" staged a unruly demonstration and tried their best to disrupt the proceedings with a shameful display of infantile behavior. But when they found that the audience was hostile to their hooliganism, they soon left the meeting. After they left one Canadian was heard to remark., "Now I know where the trouble lies". Another said, "I do not see how there can be any meaningful coexistence if this is their (Demonstrator’s) attitude towards fellow countrymen". The seminar proved very successful and was attended by over 500 people. ΙΝΤΕRΝΑΤΙΟΝΑL CΟΝΡΕRΕΝΟΕ ΟΝ "PEACE IN SOUTH ASIA" An international conference on South Asia was organized by OXFAM of Canada in Toronto on August 20 and 21. The conference was attended by delegates from the USA, Canada, Britain, India and Bangladesh. Delegates from Pakistan who had indicated their