THE UN SECURITY,COUNCIL ON 15 DECEMBER 1971

We have met here today at a grave moment in the history of my country and l would request the Council kindly to bear with me and to hear the truth, the bitter truth. I know the United Nations; l know the Security Council I have attended their sessions before. The time has come when, as far as Pakistan is concerned, we shall have to speak the truth whether members of the Council like it or not. We were hoping that the Security Council, mindful of its responsibilities for the maintenance of world peace and justice, would act according to principles and bring an end to a naked, brutal aggression against my
people. I came here for this reason. I was needed by the people of Pakistan, and when I was leaving Pakistan. I was in two minds whether: to go to the Security Council to represent the cause: