UN General Assembly
1971

185. Whether it be by the mission of Ambassador Jarring, or the initiatives of Secretary of State Rogers, or the conciliatory measures taken by four Heads of State, Mr. Senghor, Mr. Ahidjo, Mr. Mobutu and Mr. Gowon, as ^quested by the Organization of African Unity-all of them should lead to a negotiation among the parties. Sir Alec Douglas-Home said the other day [1944th meeting] -and I am also convinced of this that parties to this dialog must meet. 186. Our membership in the Security Council has compelled us to reflect on another drama-that affecting East Pakistan. 187. It is difficult to summarize in a few words the horrible sequence of afflictions that accompany the exodus of seven million people; the dispersal of their belongings, exile, hunger and death have compounded in this region the ravages inflicted by a natural disaster of exceptional magnitude which struck it last November.