Speech #920156390

Now we go to the United Nations in terms of condemning the actions of India. These ends we seek are not being served by the resolutions we have supported in the Security Council. None of these resolutionsincluding the one sponsored by our Governmentdealt with the causes of the refugee movement. nor with the kinds of things necessary for their voluntary repatriation from India. That is the basis for the conflict that exists nowthe reason for the creation of 10 million refugees. the tremendous burden the refugees present in terms of diverting funds for economic purposes in that part of the world. as well as the social and political problems that are involved. Not one word was uttered with respect to the reasons behind this massive refugee flow. That is the basis of this problem. In our resolution before the United Nations. there was not one word about how the refugees were created. The problem Is that none of the resolutions we have supported recognize the root of the crisis. the interests of the Bangladesh forces. or the urgent need for a negotiated political settlement between Islamabad and its Bengali opposition. In the main the resolutions have merely appealed for a cessation of hostilities between India and Pakistan. with the inevitable result that the war continuesthat the source of the conflict still festers.