For Friendship: Gyanchand, Utami Suryadarma and Che Zahara on the World Congress of Mothers (1955)

=== [PDF page 1] === ye due h.0. 00d ’ / No. 74, 2985, SAP \ / FOR FRIENDSHIP ANUSUYA GYANCHAND Mme, Gyanchand is. Joint Secretary of the National Federation cf Indian Won:en. . India’s stand for peace in the world today is a well-known fact. The five principles, Pancha Shila, which China and India signed together have become the foundation on which the world is building peace. We have been encouraged by the fact that these were also the underlying principles of the agreement reached at the Bandung Conference by the representatives of twenty-nine countries; and that recently similar joint declarations have been signed by the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia. Hundreds and thousands of Indian women signed this declaration of Pancha Shila to affirm that they would strive for the application of the principles enunciated. The question of the freedom and security of Asian countries is vital to every Indian woman, and our Prime Minister has given voice to our aspirations by the firm stand he has taken for freedom and peace in Asian countries. The task of preserving peace in Asia has been enthusiastically taken up by the National Federation of Indian Women along with other The World Congress of Women held at Copenhagen helped our Federation from its very start by giving us the right atmosphere of peace and friendliness.... UTAMI SURIJADARMA Mme. Surijadarma, from Indonesia, is a Vice-President of the Preparatory Committee for the World Congress of Mothers and Vice-President of the Foundation for the Well-being of Indonesian Children. The Asian-African Conference was attended by twenty-nine countries (of which Indonesia was one of the sponsoring countries) with a total population of more than half the world. From the above-mentioned passages you could draw the conclusion that very great attention has been paid to the problem of peace and one of the major conclusions has been that colonialism is considered’a permanent threat to world peace. And Right to left: From Indonesia — Mme. Rasuna Said, Member c¢ojonialism is not yet dead. Even in our country it is of Parliament; Mme, Surijadarma and Mme. Harjoto. not yet dead because ‘part of our country, Western Irian (Western New Guinea), is still in Dutch hands.... i We believe in the promotion of mutual understanding and mutual respect among all the peoples in the world through ecgnomic, and cultural co-operation. We believe in human dignity, apart from all kinds of differences which we have to accept. We are confident that peace is needed ‘to guarantee znd complete our national independence. Che Zahara Binte Noor Mohamed Mme, Mobamed is President of the Malay Women's Welfare Association. .The last war brought untold miseries and unimaginable. horrors to this land and the atrocities of the conquerors were beyond words to describe.... Whilst expressing my heartfelt gratefulness for the i invitation extended to me by the World Congress of Mothers, which made it possible for me to be present here to listen to the views of mothers of all walks of life, I grasp this opportunity to emphasize and endorse Delegates from Viet Nam, To the right the leader of the dele- the importance of moving a resolution for everlasting gation, Mme. Ca Van Thinh,. world peace....