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| ১১৪। নিরাপত্তা পরিষদে পাকিস্তানী প্রতিনিধি আগাশাহীর বিবৃতি | জাতিসংঘ দলিলপত্র উদ্ধৃতিঃ বাংলাদেশ ডকুমেণ্টস | ৪ ডিসেম্বর, ১৯৭১ |
STATEMENT BY MR. AGHA SHAHI, REPRESENTATIVE OF PAKISTAN
December 4, 1971
I thank you. Mr. President and the Members of the Security Council, for inviting the Pakistan Delegation to this Council meeting to be heard.
This meeting of the Security Council is being held in one of the most extraordinary situations in the history of the United Nation. A Member State of the United Nations, India. has not only launched aggression on the territory of another Member State, Pakistan, but has openly demanded that Pakistan dismember itself and give up that part of its territory contains the majority of its population.
This is not just an allegation that I am making before the Council. The world knows about the statement of the Prime Minister of India, made on 1st December, that Pakistan should withdraw its troops from its eastern part. The world also knows that Indian troops entered the territory of Pakistan and have been there since at least 21st November. The two facts are undeniable and are acknowledged by India.
These are the two cardinal facts of the situation which its consideration by the Security Council has to be based. Nothing like this has happened before in the contemporary age.
There is no other example of a Member State of the United Nations which has recognized and had normal diplomatic relations with another Member State demanding that the latter withdraw its troops from its own territory and thus yield possession and control over it. India has not only made the demand but, in pursuance of it, has escalated its aggressive activities to bring about the disintegration of Pakistan. A challenge was thus hurled at Pakistan and Pakistan has decided to meet it resolutely.
From this point of view, the situation that has been brought before the Security Council is not one which involves Pakistan alone. It involves every State that believes in the principle of territorial integrity of States, which is fundamental to the Charter of the United Nations. It concerns all who are in danger of being overrun by larger, more powerful and predatory neighbors.
As far as Pakistan is concerned, I can pledge that we will not surrender. Whatever tomorrow may bring, it will not be capitulation by Pakistan. Our freedom is too precious for us to bargain it away. Our stake in our national integrity is so great that we cannot possibly falter or fail. However, should the Security Council temporize with the situation, should it equivocate, should it become paralyzed, should it fail to suppress the aggression, one thing will certainly happen. The Charter of the United Nations will have been
