The Conference ... urges both governments to end the rhetoric of violence and suppression ...

This Conference demands an end to violence against women, be it on cultural, political or economic grounds ...

This group is convinced that in order to restore ... there is an urgent need for confidence building ... To achieve this, several steps need to be taken. Among them are:

a) Intolerant militant forces in India and Pakistan have to be marginalised and the Governments of Pakistan and India urged to remove all Government patronage to such forces.

b) The arms race and nuclearisation of the sub-continent must come to an end ..

c) All- educational curricula must be purged of inaccuracies, biases and prejudices ...

d) Visa restrictions for travel to India and Pakistan should be removed ...

... This Conference demands the establishment of a South Asian Human Rights Court where individuals who fail to get justice within their domestic jurisdiction can seek redress from this regional institution. India and Pakistan should immediately start a dialogue leading to the signing of a bilateral treaty of peace ...

This Conference pledges to make peace a reality in the sub-continent ... (Source: The Mainstream, 8 April, 2000)