City Desk :
Stichting Basug (Bangladesh Support group), an organisation of the Bangladeshi diaspora, has issued an statement for United Nation General Assembly reiterating the demand for International recognisation of the 1971 genocide committed against the Bengali nation during Liberation War.
The statement, issued by Stichting Basug with Special Consultative Status of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), will be circulated in the fiftieth session of Human Right Council of the United Nations National Assembly scheduled for June 13 to July 8, reports BSS.
This was revealed on Sunday at a discussion held at Dhaka University Vice chancellors’ official residence on the campus.
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam, MP, Dhaka University Vice Chancellor Dr Akhtaruzzaman and Director of Centre for Genocide Studies Prof Imtiaz Ahmed and Bkash Roy Chowdhury of Stichting Basug (Bangladesh Support group) took part in the discussion, among others.
The statement reiterated the demand for International recognisation of the 1971 genocide in a bid to give justice to the victims of the atrocities and bring perpetrators to justice as well as calling upon the UN and other international entities to formally recognise the Bangladesh Genocide of 1971.
Freedom fighter and coordination of ‘Amra 71’ Mahbub Zaman said after the Liberation War, a number of organisations have been working on genocides which took place in different parts of the country in 1971.
