পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড).pdf/৭৬৮

732 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড শিরোনাম সংবাদপত্র তারিখ Universal Call for Bangladesh 15 October, 1971 Political Solution Vol. 1: No. 7 UNIVERSAL CALL FOR POLITICAL SOLUTION Four big powers and many of the other members of the United Nations have called for a political solution of the issue of Bangladesh. in their speeches, Foreign Ministers and heads of delegations of various countries now attending the U. N. General Assembly session in New York have made heart-fell references to the Bengali refugee problems, created as a result of the West Pakistani Army atrocities in Bangladesh. The 130-member General Assembly session which began September 21 will continue until the end of December. The delegates who have spoken so far have asked the military junta of West Pakistan to create suitable conditions for the return of the nine million Bangladesh refugees to their homes: (Words have been capitalized for emphasis in quotations following). U.S.A. The U. S. Secretary of State, William P. Rogers, stressed the need for international "efforts towards an effective POLITICAL SETTLEMENT" of the problem now facing Bangladesh. He said, "International assistance programs must be expanded to avert famine and to create conditions to encourage the return of refugees." U.S.S.R. The Soviet Foreign Minister, Andrei Gromyko, told U. N. members that the "present state of affairs in the area (Bangladesh) is acute and it is not merely an INTERNAL MATTER" of Pakistan. He said. "We are convinced that a general détente in the region can be achieved only through a POLITICAL SETTLEMENT of the question" of Bangladesh. U.K. The British Foreign Secretary, Sir Alec Douglas Hume, added his voice to the super powers and other nations calling for a POLITICAL SETTLEMENT in Bangladesh. He warned the world community that, "It must never be said of the politicians that we met here and argued about who was to distribute food while the millions of innocent people starved." France The French Foreign Minister, Maurice Schumann, insisted on the need for an early solution of the Bangladesh crisis and said that, unless the "wrong" done by Pakistan is "righted at the root," the exodus of people from Bangladesh will not stop.