The two-day long Public South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (P-SAARC) summit held in Kathmandu concluded on Sunday issuing a 25-point declaration paper.
The declaration paper includes demands such as the implementation of a visa system among the South Asian countries, strengthening the democratic and human rights conditions in the SAARC nations.
Likewise the declaration paper includes making the state free of arms and nuclear weapons and cutting down expenditure on arms race and re-allocating 10 per cent of the expenses to social development, among others.
Similarly, the paper also consists of demands such as food sovereignty, proper relocation of refugees and internally-displaced people, guaranteeing right to information and freedom of the media and the implementation of labour rights in the workplace.
According to the summit coordinator Arjun Karki, the declaration paper will be presented in the 14th SAARC summit to be held in New Delhi.
The Public SAARC summit was attended by politicians, civil society representatives, indigenous nationalities, students and women from all seven SAARC countries except Afghanistan.
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