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What is
Peoples SAARC 2008?
Peoples SAARC is an annual regional convergence of peoples
organisations and movements in parallel to the annual South
Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit.
Sri Lanka is hosting the 2008 SAARC summit in Colombo
between 27 July and 03 August. For security and logistical
reasons Peoples SAARC 2008 will take place on 18, 19 and 20
July at the Viharamahadevi Park in Colombo. The opening
ceremony for this event is scheduled to be held at the New
Town Hall just adjacent to the park. We look forward to
hosting at least 500 delegates from the region and 500 from
Sri Lanka as well as mobilising over 5000 on 20 July for a
mass demonstration of South Asian peoples unity and for a
peoples agenda in South Asia.
Map of Viharamahadevi Park and New Town Hall
Map of Venue
Map of
Venue
Background paper of Peoples SAARC 2008
Background Paper
Who participates in Peoples SAARC?
Women, labour, peasants, urban and rural poor, cultural
activists and organic intellectuals, students, youth and
marginalised and excluded social groups and communities. All
activists groups, social movements, progressive
intelligentsia, cultural activists, writers, journalists and
all those who subscribe to the ideas of the People’s SAARC
must be galvanized in the name of the People’s SAARC and
helped to converge in Colombo during the third week of July
2008. We pledge to abide by three principles of the platform
process namely: (i) by being inclusive; (ii) by subscribing
to the common minimum agenda; and (iii) by non-domination by
individuals or organizations.
Declaration
The Colombo Declaration is a result of the South Asian Peoples
Assembly / People's SAARC which took place from 18-21 July 2008.
It is compiled from the reports of all parallel workshops and plenery held
during this event.
Declaration
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