India-Pakistan Conference: A Road Map towards Peace at the India International Center (IIC), Delhi
India Pakistan Conference – A Road map towards Peace
Auditorium, India International Centre, New Delhi
10th - 12th January, 2010
Dear Friends,
Greetings!
A
number of organizations and eminent people in India have got together
to organise an ‘India-Pakistan Conference: A Road Map towards Peace’ at
the India International Center (IIC) from 10-12 January 2010.
Both
India and Pakistan have, for the last 62 years, seen many ups and downs
in bilateral relations and talk. But the current phase of composite
dialogue was significant. Four rounds had been completed, and the 5th
round was in progress. The last year’s attacks on Mumbai completely
hijacked this scenario and brought the relationship between the two
countries to breakdown point. This was further intensified by the war
hysteria whipped up by the religious right wing in both the countries.
Ever
since the Indian Government announced a pause on the dialogue following
the 26/11 attacks, people in both countries who are desirous of peace,
have been trying to convince their respective governments to make
serious attempts to restart the dialogue. The dialogue is important
because another war between the two countries has to be avoided at all
costs. War can destroy the fragile economic and political stability in
the South Asian region as a whole, with disastrous consequences for the
common people. The dialogue is important because it helps us sort out
our problems peacefully.
There
is an urgent need for peace movements, democratic minded citizens,
political parties and progressive sections of the governments of the
two countries to come together to evolve an agenda and a road map for
peace, and to build pressure on the governments of both countries.
Eminent
speakers like Aitzaz Ahsan, Asma Jehangir, Ayesha Siddiqua, I.A. Rehman
from Pakistan and Kuldip Nayar, Salman Haider, Admiral Ramdas, Mahesh
Bhatt, Muchkund Dubey and various others have confirmed their
participation in this conference.
Programme details are included below.
We hope that you will make it convenient to attend what is a very important event in the present scenario in the region.
Participants coming from outside Delhi should write to Sonila on
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confirming their participation and requisition for accommodation. We
have made some modest accommodation arrangement on twin sharing basis.
It will be available on first come first serve base. There is no
registration fee.
Please note that Delhi will be cold in January.
Thank You.
Co-organisers of the initiative: ANHAD,
Centre for Policy Analysis, COVA, Focus on the Global South- India,
Heinrich Boell Stiftung, Hind-Pak Dosti Manch, Peace Mumbai, SAHR, SANGAT, SAPA.
PROGRAMME DETAILS
India Pakistan Conference – A
Road map towards Peace
B. Murlidhar Reddy (Journalist , The Hindu , based
in Sri Lanka)
Liaqat Ali Toor (Journalist, Associated Press
of Pakistan, based in Delhi)
Kuldip Nayar (Veteran Journalist)
Mahesh Bhatt (Film Maker)
Madeeha Gauhar (Theatre Director and Women
Rights’ Activist, Pakistan)
Chair:
Ved Bhasin (Editor, Kashmir Times)
14.45 –
15.30
Questions,
Comments, Discussions
15.30 –
17.00
Declaration & plan of action
Chair
: Kamla Bhasin (Peace, Human
& Women Rights activist)
Organisations
:
ANHAD, Centre for
Policy Analysis, COVA, Hyderabad, Focus on the Global South, India, Heinrich
Boell Stiftung, Hind-Pak Dosti Manch, Peace Mumbai, Sangat, South Asian Peace
Alliance, South Asians for Human Rights
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