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Title Items-In-Lndia/Pakistan/Bangladesh - Bangladesh - Documents Press Releases UN Secretariat Item Scan - Barcode - Record Title Page 81 Date 27/06/2006 Time 2:27:48 PM S-0900-0008-08-00001 Expanded Number S-0900-0008-08-00001 Title items-in-lndia/Pakistan/Bangladesh - Bangladesh - documents press releases Date Created 25/02/1974 Record Type Archival Item Container s-0900-0008: India/Pakistan/Bangladesh 1971-1977 Print Name of Person Submit Image Signature of Person Submit UNITED NATIONS Press Section Office of Public Information United Nations., N.Y. (3TOR USE OF INFOFiMATION MEDIA — NOT. AN OFFICIAL RECORD) Press Eolease SG/SM/1962 £5 February 197*1 STATEMENT BY SSCSETASY-GEKGPAL OK RECOGHIi^ON QJ BANGLADESH BY PAKISTAN Following is the text of a statement issued on Saturday, 23 February, by Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim: I welcome most warmly this very important development. The establishment of normal and friendly relations between Bangladesh and Pakistan is an important contribution to peace and co-operation in the subcontinent. It will, I hope, lay the foundation for a constructive co-operation on the many common problems which face the two countries. The United Nations, and I, as Secretary-General, have been much concerned in recent years with the problems of the subcontinent. The present "development is, therefore, especially good news. * AV AV AV UNITED NATIONS Press Section Office of Public Information United Nations, N.Y. (FOR USE OF INFORMATION MEDIA — NOT AN OFFICIAL RECORD) Press Release SG/1TT6 7 December 1973 SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF UNITED NATIONS SALVAGE OPERATION OF PORT OF CHALNA. BANGLADESH Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim today announced the completion of the second and last phase of the United Nations salvage and clearance operations of Chalna, the second largest port of Bangladesh. The Government of Bangladesh submitted a formal request to the United Nations on 8 September 1972 for the clearance of -the approach channel and Port of Chalna. Its reopening was essential to ensure the smooth flow of foodgrains into the country and the exports of' tea and jute to the international market. ' • . On \9 September 1972, the United Nations invited some of - .. maritime salvage firms of the world to bid on a contract for tl-.:s work. Twenty- two firms in 15 countries vere solicited. Responses were obtained from six firms . An $8 million contract was awarded to a consortium of international salvage firms headed by Smit Tak International Salvage Co. Ltd., of Rotterdam, Holland, and including the Fukada Salvage Company of Japan and Ulrich Harms Gmbh and Co. of the Federal Republic of Germany. The advance parties of engineers from the consortium arrived in Bangladesh on 26 October 1972 and prepared surveys together with a plan of operation for the demolition or salvage of the various sunken vessels obstructing the approach channel and the Port of Chalna itself. The operation was fully mobilized by the beginning of November 1972, and proceeded precisely according to plan. One of the wrecks was refloated. Because of : silting, the remaining five vessels had to be broken up under water and lifted section by section. Working in almost total darkness in the swift-flowing, muddy Pussur River, divers placed small explosive charges on the sunken wrecks to sever them into pieces which were afterwards lifted and landed in a scrap area ashore. One diver '.from Yugoslavia lost his lifes in this dangerous work. (more) UNITED NATIONS Press Section Office of public Information United Nations, N*Y« (FOE USE OF INFORMATION MEDIA. — HOT AN OFFICIAL RECORD) Press Release SG/SM/1878 30 August 1975 TEXT OF STATEMENT BY SECRETARY-GENERAL ON AGREEMENT SIGNED IN NEW DELHI Following is the text of a statement made by Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim on the agreement signed in iTev Delhi regarding, the subcontinent: "I warmly welcome the agreement which has been signed in Delhi, These problems have been of great concern to the United Nations during the past years and have been discussed in detail during my trip to the sub-continent early this year. I have then, and on many other occasions, expressed the thought that the mainly humanitarian consequences of the recent events should be tackled first. I hope that this very welcome development will lead to further steps in settling ponding problems in the subcontinent*" *** * UNITED NATIONS Press Section Office of Public Information United Nations, N.Y. (FOR USE OF INFORMTION MEDIA — NOT AN OFFICIAL RECORD) Press Release REF/638 IHA/191 29 August 1973 UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIOHEH FOR REFUGEES RESUMES REPATRIATION OF REFUGEES IN SUB-CONTINENT (The following is reproduced as received from the UHHCR, Geneva.) The office of the United Nations Eigh Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has resumed its repatriation operation ia the sub-continent. Special flights have been arranged to repatriate Bengalis from Pakistan and stranded Pakistanis from Nepal to their'respective homelands, at the request of the Governments concerned. A UWHCR charter plane began operations on 28 August on a triangular route — Karachi-Dacea-Kathmandu-Karachi. This airlift covers a total of 10,000 persons. A total of 5,000 Bengalis are being moved from Pakistan to Bangladesh, and 5,000 Pakistanis are being flown from Nepal to Pakistan. The airlift was preceded by three simile r operations, two from Nepal to Pakistan, involving some 1,800 persons, and the third from Pakistan to Bangladesh involving U50 persons. Meanwhile, the first few hundred persons have been moved on the new triangular route. It will be recalled that the United Nations Secretary-General was approached by the Governments of Bangladesh and Pakistan with a request for assistance for the repatriation. The Secretary-General designated the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Sadruddin Aga Khan, to be the executing agent for this operation. As the Secretary-General had indicated earlier, it was hoped that these limited transfers would pave the way for further movements. The operation is being carried out in close co-operation with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)3 which is providing invaluable assistance particularly as regards the identification of persons who are to be repatriated. * •::•*•::• a UNITED RATIONS Press Section Office of Public Information United Nations, N.Y. (FOR USE OF INFORMATION MEDIA — EOT AN OFFICIAL RECORD) Press Release SG/C/328 IHA/187 8 August 1973 OMAN 3X3NKTE5_fe.?_OpQ. FOR ASSISTANCE TO DISPLACED. PEOPLE IN BORDER AREAS OF PAKISTAN Following is the 'text of a letter dated 27 July to Secretary-General Kurt ¥aldheim from Faisal Al-Said, Permanent Representative of Oman to the United Nations, regarding assistance to displaced people in the "border areas of Pakistan: I wish to refer to Your Excellency's letter of April 19, 1973 number S0560, drawing the attention of my Government to the plight of 1,2 million displaced people in the border areas of Pakistan and expressing the hope that Governments would find it possible to assist in the' United Nations noble programmes for rehabilitating and resettling said people. Upon instructions from my Government, I now have the pleasure to inform Your Excellency that in response to your Excellency's appeal my Government has decided to make a token contribution of US $1,000 towards meeting the costs of these noble and critical programmes. I avail myself of this opcrtunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest consideration. _y_ y -V. 7f KTf UNITED NATIONS Press Section Office of Public Information United Nations, N..Y. (FOR USE OF INFORMATION MEDIA -- NOT AN OFFICIAL RECORD) Note No. 3819 25 July 1973 NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS A photo exhibit on the United Nations relief operation in Bangladesh will be opened at 3 p.m. on Thursday, 2.6 July, in the public lobby of the General Assembly building at Headquarters. The exhibit will be opened on behalf of Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim by Sir Robert Jackson, Under- Secretary-General who is in over-all charge of the operation. The relief operation in Bangladesh is the largest humanitarian undertaking ever carried out by the United Nations. Aid began shortly after political strife ended in December 1971* and it is still continuing today. In addition to food and shelter, the assistance programmes have provided medicines, vehicles and expert technical personnel. The conflict in Bangladesh — a territory of 55,000. square miles and 75 million people -- caused widespread damage to bridges, rail and road links, and ferry service within the country, as well as massive displacements of population. The two main ports of Chittagong and Chalna were closed because of sunken vessels. In June 1971, the United Nations Relief Operation in Dacca (UNROD) was established to help in planning, organizing and conducting humanitarian relief activities, and to enable the Secretary-General to be in a position to assure the international community that all relief supplies would reach their destinationc On 1 April 1973, UNROD was succeeded by the United Nations Special Relief Office in Bangladesh (UNROB). Bangladesh submitted a formal request to the United Nations on 8 September 1972, to clear the approach channel and port of Chalna. On 2k October 1972, as depicted in one of the photos, a contract was signed at United Nations Headquaraters between Bangladesh and an international consortium comprised of salvage firms from the Netherlands, Japan, the Federal Republic of Germany and Singapore. The salvage task was completed on 9 May 1973? a few weeks ahead cf schedule, at a cost saving of several hundred
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