Press Release
26 April 2010, New Delhi
Some 300 people from across South Asia from social movements, civil society organisations, labour unions, peasant organisations, women’s groups, ecologists and human rights activists gathered in New Delhi from 20th April to 23rd April, 2010 as part of the process of a ’Peoples SAARC’ to forge a vision for a [...]
People’s SAARC (South Asia)
We the members of social movements, civil society organizations, labour unions, peasant movements, other working people’s organizations and women’s groups have gathered here in Delhi from 20th April to 23rd April, 2010 as part of the process of Peoples SAARC to forge a vision for a People’s Union of South Asia. This [...]
People’s SAARC (South Asia)
People’s SAARC 2010
Seminar on the Right to Repartition of Bhutanese Refugees: Sharing testimonies by Bhutanese refugees with south Asian representatives
25-26 April 2010, Birtamod, Jhapa, Nepal
Organized by: South Asia Alliance for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE) and the Bhutanese Refugees Repatriation Committee
We, more than 50 Bhutanese refugees representing all seven refugee camps located in Jhapa and Morang districts [...]
People’s SAARC (South Asia)
A South Asia labour movement interaction workshop was organised on as part of broader People’s SAARC summit held in New Delhi from the 21-23 April 2010. Posted below is the full text of the statement adopted at the meeting of trade unions on the 21st April 2010
Constitution Club, New Delhi
21 April 2010
Since the formation of [...]
People’s SAARC (South Asia)
South Asian Peoples Assembly took place in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from 18 - 20 July, 2008, as a part of the process of People’s SAARC, to forge a vision for a People’s Union of South Asia. Over 1000 Sri Lankans and 400 delegates from other South Asian countries including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal, Bhutan [...]
People’s SAARC (South Asia)
The South Asian People’s Assembly (Colombo, 18-20 July 2008) resolves to issue the Peoples SAARC Declaration at this gathering of representatives from SAARC countries.
We, members of social movements, labour unions, women’s groups and civil society organisations have gathered here in Colombo from 18-20 July 2008, as part of the process of Peoples SAARC, to [...]
People’s SAARC (South Asia)
Kathmandu, Nepal
We, the delegates and representatives of people of SAARC countries from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka met from 23rd to 25th March 2007 at Kathmandu to affirm our commitment to justice, peace and democracy in the region. We also affirm and commit ourselves to the vision of an alternative political, [...]
People’s SAARC (South Asia)
Kathmandu, Nepal
Recalling historic movement of the establishment of the SAARC in 1983 and different regional documents and mechanism under its august initiatives,
Realizing, however, that the SAARC has not able to address the people’s aspirations and became a formal talk forum,
Emphasizing the need to take initiatives from the people’s perspectives for strengthening the SAARC Charter, its [...]
People’s SAARC (South Asia)
The events of People’s SAARC in Kathmandu were organized from 23 to 25 March 2007 with an objective of strengthening the people’s solidarity in South Asia in tune with the vision and perspectives of an alternative model for political, social, economic, and cultural order that must ensure democracy, justice and peace for all in the [...]
People’s SAARC (South Asia)