United Nations: The United Nations celebrated Wednesday as International Massacre Victims Day. Meanwhile, India called for a tribute to the three million people killed by the Pakistani military and religious militias during the 1971 war and thousands of women who were victims of sexual assault. It was described as the most frightening event in human history. TS Trimurti, India’s permanent representative to the United Nations, said this by tweeting.
The 1971 war started suddenly at midnight on 25 March, after which Pakistani troops attacked in East Pakistan. The war ended on 16 December, when Pakistan conceded defeat and surrendered unconditionally to the Bengali freedom fighters and the Indian Army in Dhaka. Let us know that every year on 9 December is celebrated as International Day to mark the dignity of the victims of the massacre and its victims.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that genocide is the most heinous crime. It is an attack on our fundamental values. He stated that the Genocide Convention, adopted in December 1948 after World War II, was the first human rights treaty adopted by the General Assembly. This issue always remains relevant.
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Guterres further stated that we are working to prevent genocide and other crimes. The sad thing is that such crimes still continue and human life is not being respected. During his address to the United Nations General Assembly in September 2017, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stated that the Pakistan Army had carried out a heinous military operation in 1971. This led to the massacre during the nine-month Bangladesh Liberation War. It killed 30 lakh innocent people and sexually harassed more than two lakh women.
