বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ত্রয়োদশ খণ্ড)/৪৬
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| বাংলাদেশের অবস্থান প্রেক্ষিতে ন্যাশনাল ইউনিয়ন অফ ষ্টুডেণ্টস-এর প্রস্তাব এবং একটি আবেদন | ন্যাশনাল ইউনিয়ন অফ স্টুডেণ্টস | ১১ অক্টোবর, ১৯৭১ |
NATIONAL UNION OF STUDENTS
Of the Universities and Colleges of the United Kingdom
3 End sleigh Street, London
The Executive of the National Union passed the following resolution at its meeting of 10" October.
"The National Executive, taking note of:
1. The desperate situation facing millions of Bengal refugees who have entered India from Pakistan and who are facing disease and starvation;
2. The enormous shortfall in crops that is forecast for East Pakistan;
3. The numerous appeals for money and other assistance received from Bengal organizations and other groups, (such as OXFAM) working to provide relief;
4. The absence of any conference policy concerning the situation;
RESOLVES:
1. To refer all appeals for help to specific COs which make it known to NUS that they wish to be, or are, actively involved in relief work for Bengal;
2. To request through Main Mail that such COs contact the International Department;
3. To continue to call for donations to be sent to the NUS Bengal Disaster Fund;
4. To allocate money received from that fund on the basis of IPG recommendations to be made to the executive meeting on 12th December;
5. To refer all requests for assistance received in NUS to the International Department; and
6. To publicize this resolution via the Student Press Service and the Main Mai], “
APPEAL
Seventy five million people of East Bengal are today the victims of an organized genocide by the military junta which rules Pakistan. Hundreds of thousands have been exterminated. More than 6 million have been forced out of their homes to seek refuge in India. Those who have stayed back live in the company death. When elections were held a few months ago, it was hoped that a new era had dawned. The people of East Bengal voted as one man for the Awami League and for greater autonomy. But the people's verdict has been brushed aside. The party which won an absolute majority of seats in the national parliament of Pakistan has been outlawed; the parliament itself has been suppressed. Guns have been turned on those who asked for human rights. In the true manner of a totalitarian army of occupation, the Pakistan army has directed all its wrath against political and professional leaders, teachers, students and writers.
What is happening in East Bengal is not an internal matter of Pakistan but a matter of international conscience. Can the world community be silent witness to this butchery?
We, therefore, appeal to men arid women of goodwill the world over to raise their voice, and to an governments to use their influence, to demand.
* an immediate end to military repression.
* a political settlement acceptable to the people of East Bengal.
* establishment of conditions in which the refugees can return to their homeland to live in security and with honor.
* cessation of all aid which may augment the resources of the military regime and thus delay political settlement.
We also appeal to governments and people of all lands to realize the international responsibility for the welfare of the refugees and rush immediate help to India to save them from hunger and disease and to provide them with shelter against the rigours of moonsoon.