We the delegates from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and
Sri Lanka of the People's SAARC Parliamentary Platform hereby
declare the following:
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Urge the SAARC, to review
its Charter to make it more pro-poor and pro-people and change
its modalities for letting the people's agendas to be allowed
and included during the discussions.
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Urge all the parliamentarians
of the South Asia Region to search for common issues, problems
and agendas for further discussion, strengthening and bringing
them at the Regional level for discussion through the People's
SAARC Parliamentary Forum.
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Urge the members of the Parliament
of the South Asia to take initiatives for the establishment
of a Parliaments Forum, of permanent nature, with its regular
meetings, in the official capacity, to explore further initiatives
to strengthen the Forum in the years to come.
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Urge the members of the
Parliament to work closely, on the common issues, with the
Civil Society to address the issues of constitutionalism,
rule of law, inclusiveness, equality, justice and protection
of human rights. Further, request that reform in the South
Asia must be based in the historical context of our civilization.
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Urge that democracy, independence
of judiciary, protection of human rights, measure to tackle
corruption and law enforcement authorities must be reformed
and strengthened.
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Urge that any armed conflict
in the Region must be solved through dialogue.